Senator Tillis Issues Ultimatum to GOP Nominee in Key Swing State: ‘He Owes It to President Trump’

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., issued an ultimatum to North Carolina GOP gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson following a sensational report about his alleged pornography scandal, saying he “owes it to President Trump.”

“If the reports about Mark Robinson are a complete media fabrication, he should take legal action immediately,” Tillis said in a Friday post on X.

“If the reports are true, he owes it to President Trump and all Republicans to take responsibility for their actions and put the future of North Carolina and our party first,” he said.

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Tillis’ statement came after Robinson posted a video on social media in which he denied his involvement in the scandal and vowed to remain in the race for governor of the Old North State.

“I’ll tell you what you’re going to see in this story are not Mark Robinson’s words. You know my words, you know my character, and you know I’ve been completely transparent in this race and before. People, in this race, our opponents are desperate to distract from the real issues and focus on what you care about, the dirty trap, the tabloid trash,” X said in the video.

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Fox News Digital has reached out to the Robinson campaign for comment.

In comments to CNN, Robinson said it was “not us.”

“It’s not us. It’s not our words. And it’s not anything that’s specific to me,” Robinson said. “I’m not going to get into the details of how someone manufactured this, these licentious tabloid lies.”

In a Thursday afternoon report, CNN accused Robinson of previously using a pornographic website called “Nude Africa.”

On the porn site, Robinson allegedly sent messages to other users about spying on women in locker rooms as a teenager, describing himself as a “black NAZI” and declaring a preference for transgender pornography. The candidate involvement lasted from 2008 to 2012, according to CNN, well before Robinson entered the political arena in 2019.

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CNN report Robinson was accused of using the pseudonym “minisoldr” on a pornographic website.

“I came to a spot that was a dead end, but there were two large vents above it! It just so happened to open onto the showers! I sat there for about an hour and watched a few girls come in and shower,” Robinson allegedly wrote on Nude Africa.

In another post from 2010, CNN reported that Robinson allegedly stated, “I am a black Nazi!”, commenting on the actions of black Republicans.

The allegations come as North Carolina remains a hotly contested state with the 2024 election looming.

Key battleground states, including North Carolina, held narrow margins that decided the outcome. President Biden Victory over Trump in the 2020 election.

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In 2020, Trump won North Carolina by a tiny margin of just over 1 point. The latest polls in the monumental 2024 presidential race suggest it will be a toss-up, with the former president holding a razor-thin lead.

Emma Colton, Paul Steinhauser and Tyler Olson of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.

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