'Tabloid trash': NC GOP candidate Mark Robinson denies report he made lewd posts on porn site

Mark Robinson, the 35th lieutenant governor of North Carolina since 2021, delivers a speech to a crowd at the Pray Vote Stand Summit in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 15, 2023, at the Omini Shoreham Hotel. | The Christian Post/Nicole Alcindor

North Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson has denied allegations in a CNN report that he made extensive lewd and offensive posts to a pornographic website years before he entered politics, describing himself as a "black Nazi" and expressing an interest in transgenderism.

Robinson, who currently serves as the state's lieutenant governor and is a vocal conservative, made the posts between 2008 and 2012 on the message board of a website called "Nude Africa" under the username "minisoldr," according to an investigation by CNN published Thursday.

The outlet claims to have connected Robinson to the account via email addresses, his other uses of the same username elsewhere and unusual phrases that Robinson has publicly used.

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