Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said in a Sunday interview that the recent bombshell CNN report on Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, Republican candidate for governor, “was predictable” in light of his past public statements.

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.

Donald Trump returns Saturday for a campaign rally in North Carolina, where the former president is confronting a mess he played a key role in making in the critical battleground state.

South Carolina GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham on Sunday said North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson “has an obligation to defend himself” after reports surfaced this week about lewd posts Robinson made on a pornographic website over a decade ago.

Republican senators couldn’t muster up a simple denouncement on Sunday of North Carolina’s GOP gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson after a CNN report unveiled scores of his past antisemitic, racist comments—all while their presidential standard-bearer,

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) demanded Friday that Republican North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson either pursue legal action against CNN or end his bid to be the state’s governor after the outlet attributed disturbing posts on a pornography website to the gubernatorial candidate.