Sherrill claims Ciattarelli took millions to publish propaganda about opioids

NJ gubernatorial candidate Rep. Mikie Sherrill accused Republican opponent Jack Ciattarelli of personally profiting off the opiate crisis in the tensest moment of Wednesday night’s debate.

“My opponent likes to talk a lot about being a businessman, but I think what New Jersey doesn’t know much about his business,” she said — pivoting from a question about the unemployment rate.

“How he made his millions by working with some of the worst offenders and saying that opioids were safe, putting out propaganda, publishing their propaganda.”

Mikie Sherrill abruptly used a question about unemployment to pivot to an attack on Ciattarelli. 6ABC

Sherrill was referring to controversy that emerged during Ciattarelli’s 2021 bid for governor about training materials his company published, which criti