Offensive posts by North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson were removed from the pornographic website Nude Africa on Thursday, hours after a CNN KFile investigation revealed a series of inflammatory comments posted on the forum by the controversial and socially conservative Republican nominee for governor of North Carolina.

Since a bombshell report about Mark Robinson, there’s been mostly radio silence from North Carolina Republican candidates. Here’s what some candidates are saying publicly.

Democrats are trying to tie Republican candidates up and down the ballot to Robinson after Thursday’s CNN report.