Mark Robinson, the Republican candidate for governor of North Carolina, said in a video statement Thursday afternoon that he is staying in the race following damaging allegations reported by CNN.

CNN alleges that Robinson—under a username he reportedly used regularly online—made several inflammatory comments on a pornography website message board more than a decade ago, including a comment in which he reportedly called himself a “black NAZI!” ABC News has not confirmed this report or the online username reportedly associated with him.

Shortly before the story was published, Robinson denied making the comments and claimed the allegations were “coy tabloid lies.”

“Let me reassure you, the things that you’re going to see in that story, those are not the words of Mark Robinson,” Robinson said in the video posted on X. “You know my words, you know my character, and you know that I’ve been completely transparent in this race and before.”

According to CNN, the comments were made by Robinson between 2008 and 2012 under the username “minisoldr” on “Nude Africa,” a pornographic message board website.

According to the report, CNN said it was “able to identify himself as Robinson by comparing a battery of biographical information and a shared email address between the two.”

CNN also reports that under the username he used on “Nude Africa,” Robinson allegedly describes a memory of “peeping” on women in the shower as a 14-year-old and also allegedly posted about watching transgender porn. ABC News has not confirmed that the comments were made by Robinson.

ABC News has reached out to the North Carolina Republican Party but has not yet heard back.

CNN asked Robinson to explain all the matching details in the profile cited in the report. Robinson claimed, without providing evidence, that $1 million is being spent via AI to undermine him.

“I’m not going to get into the details of how some people could fabricate this, these salacious tabloid lies, but I can tell you this: I’ve been spent over $1 million on AI by a billionaire son who is determined to destroy me,” he told CNN on Thursday. “The things people can do with the internet now are incredible, but what I can tell you is this, again, these are not my words.”

Robinson, who currently serves as lieutenant governor, will face Democratic candidate Josh Stein, the state’s current attorney general, in November.

“The people of North Carolina already know that Mark Robinson is completely unfit to be governor,” Stein said in a statement Thursday. “Josh remains focused on winning this campaign so that together we can build a safer, stronger North Carolina for everyone.”

ABC News’ Hannah Demissie contributed to this report.