Mark Robinson, North Carolina's Republican gubernatorial candidate, released a video statement Thursday afternoon saying he's staying in the race following damning allegations reported by CNN. CNN claims that Robinson – under a username he allegedly used frequently online -- made several inflammatory comments on a message board of a pornography website more than a decade ago,

The CNN KFile investigation cited comments made on a pornography forum for the website Nude Africa under the name "Minisoldr." Details reportedly linked the profile to Mark Robinson.