Mark Robinson’s Republican campaign for governor in North Carolina was already struggling. While the Tar Heel State appears highly competitive at the presidential level this year, every recent poll has shown Robinson trailing Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein — in some studies by double digits.

But the right-wing candidate’s problems are far from over. CNN’s latest reporting has only made matters worse for Robinson.

Robinson denied the accuracy of the reporting, which has not been independently verified by MSNBC or NBC News, though CNN added that the network was able to verify that the username belonged to Robinson “by matching a battery of biographical details and a shared email address between the two.”

To further complicate matters, Politico also published a new report, which has also not been independently verified by MSNBC or NBC News, claiming that an email address belonging to Robinson “was registered on Ashley Madison, a website designed for married people looking for an affair.”

The report added that an adviser to the gubernatorial candidate confirmed to Politico that “the email address in question belongs to Robinson.”

It is certainly true that the extremist candidate was a scandalous figure for These revelations reached the public. In addition, the GOP candidate has faced a variety of controversies in recent weeks, related to everything from pornography to abortion, bankruptcy to contraception.

But if you look at it honestly, the latest allegations, if true, are the most brazen. Republicans generally do well in North Carolina, but when a struggling candidate is credibly accused of describing himself as a “black NAZI!” who doesn’t think slavery was necessarily a “bad thing,” that’s a tough sell to the state’s electorate.

Shortly before CNN published its report, the right-wing candidate filmed a short online statement insisting he would “stay in this race.”