‘We are staying in this race’: behind the unraveling of Mark Robinson’s campaign in North Carolina

The Republican candidate for governor's own words have been landing him in trouble long before the latest reports

Mark Robinson, North Carolina's tub-thumping Republican candidate for governor, had been trying to extricate himself from problems caused by his own words long before CNN dumped a truckload of dirt on him Thursday afternoon.

Robinson has treated outrage over his ever-increasing litany of racist, sexist, homophobic and antisemitic offense as a badge of honor during the course of the campaign and his term as the state's lieutenant governor. But CNN's report tilled his pornographic internet history, unearthing comments that still managed the power to shock.