North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson avoided directly weighing in during a gubernatorial campaign event Saturday on a CNN report outlining evidence that he made disturbing posts on a pornography website's message board more than a decade ago.

If Donald Trump wishes to win North Carolina, he’ll need to win voters like Mike Mowatt. In many ways, Mowatt is the prototype swing voter in this swing state: He’s retired, and North Carolina will have more 65-and-up voters this cycle than ever.

Donald Trump risks being doomed by what he wrought in North Carolina. An already fiercely fought presidential contest in the critical swing state was thrown into greater turmoil Thursday by a stunning CNN investigation revealing a porn-site scandal surrounding Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson.