Donald Trump is facing calls both from his allies and from within his own campaign to pull his endorsement from scandal-plagued North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson, according to four people familiar with the discussions.

Robinson denied the CNN report, which said he referred to himself as a "black NAZI" and expressed support for bringing back slavery more than 10 years ago.

North Carolina gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson has been the center of attention following a bombshell report released by CNN that linked that state’s GOP lieutenant governor to an account that made many offensive statements on a porn site’s message board.

According to a report from the New York Times, aides to Donald Trump "frantically " awaited what CNN had dug up on North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson on Thursday afternoon only to have the former president suggest they ignore it once the horrific details were published.

North Carolina's gubernatorial race is under intense scrutiny as Republican candidate Mark Robinson remains in the fray despite a CNN report alleging he made offensive racial and sexual remarks online over a decade ago.