Controversy swirling around a North Carolina Republican candidate for governor is generating political turbulence in a hotly fought swing state that's a must-win for Donald Trump. The BBC asked conservatives there what they make of the alleged scandal.

North Carolina's Republican candidate for governor is at the center of a national news story. That's because of the salacious nature of a series of posts by Mark Robinson, unearthed by CNN, from a pornography web site's discussion board.

Mark Robinson, who is Black, was endorsed by Donald Trump, who called him “better than Martin Luther King” and “Martin Luther King times two.”