Sen. Tillis issues ultimatum to embattled GOP candidate in crucial swing state: ‘Owes it to President Trump’

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., issued an ultimatum to North Carolina's GOP gubernatorial campaigner Mark Robinson pursuing the bombshell study of his alleged porn scandal, saying that helium "owes it to President Trump."

"If the reporting connected Mark Robinson is simply a full media fabrication, helium needs to instrumentality contiguous ineligible action," Tillis said successful a Friday post connected X. 

"If the reporting is true, helium owes it to President Trump and each Republican to instrumentality accountability for his actions and enactment the aboriginal of NC & our enactment earlier himself," helium said.

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North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson arrives during a "Get Out The Vote" rally successful Greensboro, N.C., March 2. (Getty Images)

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Tillis' connection came aft Robinson made a societal media video denying his engagement successful the ungraded and vowing to stay successful the contention to go the Old North State's governor.

"Let maine reassure you, the things that you volition spot successful that story, those are not the words of Mark Robinson. You cognize my words, you cognize my character, and you cognize that I person been wholly transparent successful this contention and before. Folks, this contention close now, our opponents are hopeless to displacement the absorption present from the substantive issues and absorption connected what you are acrophobic with to salacious trap, tabloid trash," helium said successful the X video. 

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Fox News Digital has reached retired to Robinson's run for comment.

In comments to CNN, Robinson said that this was "not us."

"This is not us. These are not our words. And this is not thing that is diagnostic of me," Robinson said. "I’m not going to get into the minutia of however idiosyncratic manufactured this, these salacious tabloid lies."

Mark Robinson, Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina and campaigner for Governor, delivers remarks anterior to Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Donald Trump speaking astatine a run lawsuit astatine Harrah's Cherokee Center connected August 14, 2024, successful Asheville, North Carolina.

In CNN's study Thursday afternoon, the outlet alleged Robinson's erstwhile usage of a pornography site, called "Nude Africa."

On the pornographic site, Robinson allegedly messaged with chap users regarding peeping connected women successful locker rooms arsenic a teenager, describing himself arsenic a "black NAZI" and declaring a fondness for transgender pornography. The candidates' engagement spanned from 2008 to 2012, according to CNN, good earlier Robinson entered the governmental arena successful 2019.

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CNN's report alleged that Robinson utilized a pseudonym connected the porn site, "minisoldr."

"I came to a spot that was a dormant extremity but had 2 large vent covers implicit it! It conscionable truthful happened it overlooked the showers! I sat determination for astir an hr and watched arsenic respective girls came successful and showered," Robinson allegedly wrote connected Nude Africa.

In different station successful 2010, CNN reported Robinson allegedly stated, "I’m a Black Nazi!" portion discussing Black Republicans. 

North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson speaks astatine the Faith and Freedom Road to Majority league astatine the Washington Hilton connected June 21, 2024, successful Washington, D.C. (Getty Images)

The allegations travel arsenic North Carolina remains a highly contested battleground authorities arsenic the 2024 election inches closer.

The cardinal battleground states – including North Carolina – had razor-thin margins that decided President Biden's 2020 predetermination triumph implicit Trump.

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In 2020, Trump narrowly won North Carolina by conscionable implicit 1 point. The latest polls successful the monumental 2024 statesmanlike contention suggest a coin-toss race, with the erstwhile president holding the slightest edge.

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

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