Mr. Robinson, the Republican nominee for governor of North Carolina, vowed to stay in the race and sought to deny the report, which also said he had defended slavery in online posts years ago.

Republican North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson referred to himself as a “Black Nazi,” disparaged Martin Luther King Jr., used antisemitic and homophobic slurs and spoke highly of slavery on a pornographic website before his entrance into politics, according to a new CNN report —as Robinson denies making the comments.

So what kind of comments was Robinson allegedly making? The lieutenant governor appears to express a desire to own slaves, calls himself a “black Nazi,” and rails against the installation of a monument to civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., writing, “Get that f*cking commie bastard off the National Mall!”