He wished he could join the KKK, supported slavery, and bashed Martin Luther King Jr., all on an old porn website where he used to write.

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.

Among the revelations in CNN’s report were that Robinson called himself a “ Black Nazi ” and said “Slavery is not bad. Some people need to be slaves. I wish they would bring it (slavery) back. I would certainly buy a few.”