JUST IN: Toxic Trump-Backed Candidate For Governor of North Carolina Loses to Democratic Opponent

Fox News called the North Carolina governor race moments after the polls closed in the state on Tuesday night, announcing Republican Lt. Gov Mark Robinson lost the race. Robinson lost to Attorney General Josh Stein after his campaign was plagued by scandals relating to his highly controversial past statements.

Robinson, who Trump called “Martin Luther King on steroids,” trailed Stein by double digits in the key swing state throughout the election. In September, CNN’s K-File reported that Robinson had referred to himself as a “Black NAZI!” and “expressed support for reinstating slavery” in an online pornography forum. CNN’s report added:

Despite a recent history of anti-transgender rhetoric, Robinson said he enjoyed watching transgender pornography, a review of archived messages found in which he also referred to himself as a “perv.”

The comments, which Robinson denied making, predate his entry into politics and current stint as North Carolina’s lieutenant governor. They were made under a username that CNN was able to identify as Robinson by matching a litany of biographical details and a shared email address between the two.

Trump endorsed Robinson’s bid to become governor. The Carolina Journal reported ahead of the CNN story being published that “Robinson is under pressure from staff and members of the Trump campaign to withdraw from the governor’s race due to the nature of the story, which they say involves activity on adult websites in 2000s.”

“Slavery is not bad. Some people need to be slaves. I wish they would bring it (slavery) back. I would certainly buy a few,” Robinson wrote online, according to CNN.

The GOP candidate also reportedly said, “I’d take Hitler over any of the sh*t that’s in Washington right now!”

In June, Robinson made headlines as past remarks at a local church were made public. “Some folks need killing!” shouted during a roughly half-hour-long speech in Lake Church in the tiny town of White Lake, in the southeast corner of the state. “It’s time for somebody to say it. It’s not a matter of vengeance. It’s not a matter of being mean or spiteful. It’s a matter of necessity!”

This is a developing story and has been updated.