North Carolina has been plagued by a stream of jaw-dropping political scandals unrivaled by virtually any other state in the country. Why it matters: Even in an era of sex scandals, real and imagined ballot fraud and fierce partisan feuds,

More screenshots from the forum, where over a decade ago Mr Robinson signed up with his full name and a username he went by on other platforms, show the candidate describing a keen appetite for “tranny on girl porn” and sex with his wife’s sister.

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.