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With the final days closing in on an especially messy New Jersey gubernatorial election, Republican candidate Jack Ciattarelli’s campaign slammed his Democratic opponent, Rep. Mikie Sherrill, for pushing a narrative that he “killed tens of thousands of people.”
Sherrill accused Ciattarelli of being responsible for printing “propaganda” via the medical publishing company he founded that downplayed the dangers of opioids and of designing an app to help people access dangerous drugs. She made the claims during a gubernatorial debate on Oct. 8 and doubled down during a press conference on opioid addiction on Monday.
“Jack made millions, the opioid companies made billions, and thousands of New Jerseyans were dying,” Sherrill said at the press conference.
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Democrat Mikie Sherrill, left, and Republican Jack Ciattarelli during a New Jersey governor’s race debate on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025, in New Brunswick, N.J. (Rutgers University/WABC-TV)
Chris Russell, a Ciattarelli campaign strategist, told Fox News that if Sherrill “had any decency, she would retract her slanderous comments and apologize.”
“Whether it’s tripling her net worth in Congress and hiding details of her stock trades or concealing the true extent of her role in the Naval Academy cheating scandal, Mikie Sherrill is a proven liar and lawbreaker whose desperation is showing,” said Russell.
“Her reckless and defamatory claim that Jack ‘killed tens of thousands of people, including children,’ has been roundly criticized by members of the press, legal scholars and people in both parties,” he added.
“The truth is that Jack Ciattarelli’s medical publishing company helped to create an online tool which allowed a small group of chronic pain sufferers to educate themselves on treatment options and better advocate for their own healthcare choices when meeting with their…
