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I want to start tonight with the dumpster fire that's the only way to call it that is still raging in North Carolina.

Because it's actually about more than one crazy guy.

And believe me, he's definitely crazy if he's read any of the things he said.

Mark Robinson, the Republican nominee

for governor in North Carolina, posted a whole lot of stuff on a porn site. He called himself

a black Nazi, expressed support for reinstating slavery, and called MLK an effing commie. His

words, not mine. That was all according to a very thorough report from CNN that came out just last

week. Now, in a land where weird shit happens the whole time, things just got weirder. You've

just heard from Mark Robinson. He is standing to be the governor of North Carolina, a critical state.

And he has had to go out and deny calling himself both a black Nazi and a pervert

after a story broke on CNN from a porn site traced back to him from many years ago.

Yes, on the website, Nude Africa, he talked about how he'd like to see a return to slavery

and would buy a few slaves himself given the opportunity.

The problem is that Mark Robinson is near the top of the ticket.

He has been embraced by Donald Trump

in what is now a key swing state in November. So is Donald Trump going to disown him? And is this

going to cost Donald Trump dearly? Welcome to Newsagents USA. The Newsagents USA with Emily Maitliss and John Sopo.

It's Emily.

And it's John in Dublin, of all places.

And I'm imagining that your heads are kind of reeling with this introduction,

because if you're not familiar with the story already,

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