Embattled NC Republican Mark Robinson hospitalized for burns: reports

North Carolina Lt. Gov. and gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson has reportedly been hospitalized just days after a bombshell report linked him to years-old posts on a porn site's in that defended slavery and proclaimed himself a "Black Nazi."

CNN reported on air that Robinson was sent to a hospital following a campaign event Friday night. NewsNation also reported the hospitalization, citing two sources.

CNN later reported that Robinson was treated for burns following an incident.

Robinson has denied the explosive CNN report, and has fended off controversy for a series of posts in which he questioned the Holocaust, attacked school shooting survivors and promoted various conspiracy theories. In the newly surfaced posts, Robinson also touted Adolf Hitler's autobiographical manifesto "Mein Kampf" as a great read.

Robinson's staffers are leaving in droves, including Chief of Staff Brian LiVecchi, Director of Communications John Wesley Waugh, Policy Director Jonathan Harris and Government Affairs Director Nathan Lewis, who all said last week they'd resign in the coming days, according to WRAL News.

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Further details weren't immediately available.