More screenshots from the forum, where over a decade ago Mr Robinson signed up with his full name and a username he went by on other platforms, show the candidate describing a keen appetite for “tranny on girl porn” and sex with his wife’s sister.

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The Republican nominee for governor in North Carolina has denied writing the posts, which have upended his campaign in the battleground state