Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson of North Carolina, the Republican nominee for governor, vowed to stay in the race and pre-emptively denied the CNN report, which described years-old online remarks it said he made.

The CNN KFile investigation cited comments made on a pornography forum for the website Nude Africa under the name "Minisoldr." Details reportedly linked the profile to Mark Robinson.

The North Carolina gubernatorial nominee, known for his sexist and transphobic rhetoric, also allegedly spied on women in showers and digs transgender porn.

A few hours later, CNN’s KFile reported that he had an account on a porn site called “Nude Africa” where the anti-transgender conservative admitted that “I like watching tranny on girl porn !” The social conservative,

Robinson reportedly made the comments between 2008 and 2012 under the username “minisoldr,” and CNN says it identified the user as Robinson through his email address, biograph

Mark Robinson isn't giving in to pressure to drop out of the North Carolina governor race amid CNN's explosive report that he made inflammatory and sexually explicit comments on a pornography website's message board.

CNN unearthed sexually explicit and fascist comments posted by the gubernatorial candidate under the handle minisoldr on the Nude Africa forum. That username has been used extensively by Robinson across the internet.