A new Kamala Harris campaign ad paints Donald Trump as a close ally of North Carolina’s “Black Nazi” and “perv” GOP candidate Mark Robinson. “I think you’re better than Martin Luther King,” the spot shows Trump saying to Robinson,

Robinson, 56, is a former furniture manufacturer who was elected to be the state's first black lieutenant governor in 2020. He won the nomination to run for governor in March after receiving an endorsement from Trump, who called him "Martin Luther King on steroids".

Mr. Robinson, the Republican nominee for governor of North Carolina, vowed to stay in the race and sought to deny the report, which also said he had defended slavery in online posts years ago.