TRENTON, N.J. (PIX11) -- There's new drama in the race for New Jersey Governor.

Republican candidate Jack Ciattarelli announced plans to file a lawsuit against Democratic opponent, Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill, for defamation, stemming from comments she made in a debate recently regarding his work with an opioid app.

“I think you’re trying to divert from the fact that you killed tens of thousands of people by printing your misinformation, your propaganda, and then getting paid to develop an app so that people could more easily get the opioids once they were addicted," Sherrill said in the debate.

Ciattarelli strategist Chris Eussell told PIX11 News, "In a time where political violence and violent rhetoric are becoming all too prevalent, Mikie Sherrill baselessly and recklessly accusing

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