GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) – A spokesperson for Christian Castelli, the Republican candidate for the 6th Congressional District, said Friday that his campaign had received no response to its demands that Democrat Kathy Manning cease-and-desist distributing television and print ads that include material Castelli’s attorney says is false.
Manning’s campaign says that’s because the letter only arrived at the campaign office on Wednesday, which was several days after it was posted on Twitter and that the ad does not say what Castelli’s letter claims it does.
The letter, dated Oct. 28 and written by attorney Charles H. Winfree of Greensboro, is addressed to Tim McCarthy, an attorney who works at CNN in New York and who has no affiliation with Manning’s campaign, a spokesperson said.
In the letter, Winfree says Manning’s ads falsely accuse Castelli of “supporting a complete ban on abortions, with no exceptions, and accuses him of favoring the elimination of protections for pre-existing [medical] conditions.”
Castelli shared his demand on social media, but Tina Forsberg, his campaign manager, said Friday, “As of right now [Friday morning], there has been no response (which is its own response).
“Voters will decide – we just want them to have the facts when they do,” Forsberg wrote in an email response to a query from WGHP.
A representative for Manning said in an email to WGHP that “our campaign’s ads are accurate – that’s why every television station in the district has continued to...
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