CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) – Mudslinging between campaigns has been going on for months now, but one North Carolina candidate says he’s fed up with the lies. Christian Castelli, an Army Special Forces veteran and republican candidate for North Carolina’s 6th congressional district race, sent his Democratic opponent, Representative Kathy Manning a cease and desist.
Castelli says manning has made false claims about him, and he wants to make sure she stops as we inch closer and closer to election day. In a tweet he sent out last night, Castelli said: “We’re calling out @KathyManningNC’s lies We sent a cease and desist to TV stations and her campaign demanding that she stop lying about me and my family. Here’s the truth: she knows we have momentum and she’ll tell lies to try and stop us. It’s not going to work, Kathy.”
In the cease and desist, Castelli’s attorneys site multiple tv ads Manning’s campaign paid for. The ads claim Castelli supports a complete ban on abortion, with no exceptions, and accuses him of favoring the elimination of protections for pre-existing conditions.
“I have gone on record numerous times, saying that I support exceptions for when the in the cases of rape, incest or where the mother’s life is in jeopardy. I’m on record on numerous mediums, stating that that’s my position. And she continues to say that I have no exceptions. And so that’s blatantly false,” Castelli said.
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