Former President Trump brought two of his grandchildren, Luke and Carolina Trump, up to the podium at a Wilmington, North Carolina, rally on Saturday afternoon.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will not be joined by his party's embattled pick for North Carolina governor when he visits the critical electoral state on Saturday, the Trump campaign said.

Robinson, the lieutenant governor of North Carolina, allegedly posted inflammatory comments on the message board of a pornography website years ago, CNN reported.

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.

CNN senior data reporter Harry Enten breaks down the importance of the state of North Carolina in the upcoming presidential election.

The former president did not mention Mr. Robinson, the state’s embattled Republican nominee for governor, whom he once called “Martin Luther King on steroids.”

Trump did not mention Robinson − his party's nominee for governor of a key state − before or during an airport rally in Wilmington, North Carolina, two days after a bombshell news report about Robinson's online habits threatened Trump's chances in a key battleground.

At a Trump rally in Wilmington, N.C., many said they would still vote for the embattled Republican nominee for governor.

Donald Trump delivered a speech attacking rival Kamala Harris and detailing his campaign pledges during a visit to North Carolina, while avoiding mention of the state’s Republican gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson and the firestorm surrounding his candidacy.

Trump’s rally came just days after the GOP’s nominee for governor, whom he has repeatedly embraced, became the subject of an intense barrage of negative attention.

Donald Trump returned to North Carolina on Saturday, stumping in the southern battleground state with direct appeals to women.