After North Carolina's governor was caught calling himself a 'black NAZI' on a porn site, Harris's campaign made aggressive moves to tie him to Trump

Mark Robinson , North Carolina’s Republican lieutenant governor, had once called himself a “black NAZI ” on a porn site, the political world came to one quick consensus: He was totally cooked in his race for governor.

North Carolina represents the second -biggest electoral-vote haul of all the battlegrounds.

Since then, the same polling average has never shown a gap of more than one point between her and Trump .

Pro-Harris forces wasted no time last week in trying to make sure hardcore Democrats , wavering independents, and conservatives associate Robinson with Trump and vice versa.

On the ground, the Harris operation immediately started planning press events aimed at getting more coverage of Robinson ’s extreme views and, especially, his ties to Trump .

There's no clear consensus about how much Robinson ’s collapse will actually help Harris .

North Carolina voters have a decades -long history of electing Democratic governors along with Republican presidents.

Many are skeptical that this would necessarily translate up the ballot, especially if it seems like Attorney General Josh Stein will win easily and Robinson poses little threat.