GOP North Carolina Governor nominee and current Lt. Governor allegedly left some bizarre pro- hate messages on a porn website that is coming back to haunt him and Donald Trump. (CNN)

CNN — 

Offensive posts by North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson were removed from the pornographic website Nude Africa on Thursday, hours after a CNN KFile investigation revealed a series of inflammatory comments posted on the forum by the controversial and socially conservative Republican nominee for governor of North Carolina.

It’s unclear whether the comments were removed by Robinson or Nude Africa administrators. Neither the Robinson campaign nor Nude Africa responded to inquiries from CNN. By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN

No publicity is bad publicity as the saying goes. The Lt. Governor may put that idea to the test which could have far greater implications in the 2024 election. Donald Trump likes to self nominate people on the fringes of his movement who play very well to the hard core GOP base but have limited appeal among the broader electorate. North Carolina is in for health dose of denialism as this story unfolds.