NC Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson says the CNN story about derogatory comments won’t force him out of the governor’s race.

Since a bombshell report about Mark Robinson, there’s been mostly radio silence from North Carolina Republican candidates. Here’s what some candidates are saying publicly.

Robinson, a Donald Trump endorsed right-wing candidate, was reported by CNN's Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck to have called himself a, "black NAZI!," supported the reinstatement of slavery and said that he preferred the leadership of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler over then President Barack Obama in 2012,