Maggie Astor and Neil Vigdor
Senior campaign aides to Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson of North Carolina, the Republican nominee for governor, stepped down on Sunday, three days after CNN reported that he had made a series of disturbing comments on an online pornography site.
The resignations, described by Mr. Robinson’s top campaign consultant, came after an explosive CNN report that Mr. Robinson had called himself a “black NAZI” and defended slavery years ago on a pornographic forum. Mr. Robinson, a fiery acolyte of former President Donald J. Trump, has denied making the remarks and insisted that he would stay in the race. But Mr. Robinson was conspicuously absent during a rally Mr. Trump held Saturday in Wilmington, N.C., and some of Mr. Trump’s supporters there said Mr. Robinson’s candidacy no longer seemed viable.
Josh Stein, the attorney general of North Carolina and Democratic nominee for governor, told CNN that Mr. Robinson was “absolutely unfit” to lead the state.
The shake-up in the Robinson campaign came as hundreds of current and former national security officials, including retired members of the military, endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, the latest example of defense and diplomatic officials from both parties pledging her their support.
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