Less than 24 hours after CNN published a bombshell report on comments that it said Mark Robinson, the Republican candidate for governor of North Carolina, made on a pornographic website, the Democratic National Committee unveiled new advertisements linking him to former President Donald Trump.

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.

North Carolina's Republican gubernatorial candidate, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, called himself a "Black Nazi" and supported reinstating slavery in comments made on a pornographic website, CNN reported Thursday.