North Carolina's embattled Republican lieutenant governor, Mark Robinson, whose gubernatorial bid has faltered through accusations that he had previously posted racist and sexually explicit comments online — was hospitalized Friday with burns, his campaign said.

Mike Lonergan, a campaign spokesman, said in a statement late Friday evening that Robinson, 56, suffered second-degree burns in an “incident at a campaign appearance at the Mayberry Truck Show in Mt. Airy,” a nearby town on the border between North Carolina and Virginia.

Robinson was being treated at Northern Regional Hospital in Mt Airy and was in “good spirits”, Lonergan said, adding that he was expected to resume campaigning on Saturday morning.

No further information was provided regarding his condition or the circumstances that led to the injury.

This all follows a sensational CNN report last week that found Robinson posted inappropriate comments on a pornographic website's message board between 2008 and 2012, often under the name “black Nazi.”

Since the report was released on Sept. 19, Robinson has seen several campaign staffers resignincluding its Campaign Manager, General Counsel and Senior Advisors, Finance Director and Deputy Campaign Manager. It also appears he has lost support among the Republican leadership.

Robinson did not appear with former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, at the two rallies in North Carolina that Trump has held since the CNN report. And when reporters asked him on Thursday if he would move his consent To Robinson, Trump responded: “I don’t know the situation.”

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell responded Tuesday to a question about whether Republicans should drop their support for Robinson's campaign: “It won't surprise you to know that I'm glad there's no Senate race in North Carolina .”

However, Robinson has so far promised to stay in the race.

“This election is about politics, not personalities,” he wrote on social media on Wednesday. “Now is not the time for intra-party arguments and nonsense.”

Kaia Hubbard and Kathryn Watson contributed to this report.