NEW JERSEY (PIX11) – Democrat Mikie Sherrill is doubling down on a controversial claim that her opponent, Jack Ciattarelli, helped to build an app that made it easier to access opioids.

In a contentious debate on Oct. 8, Sherrill, a four-term congresswoman elected during Trump’s first midterm to a longtime GOP-held seat, accused Ciattarelli, running for governor for the third time, of profiting off the opioid crisis, leading to deaths.

“You’re trying to divert from the fact you killed tens of thousands of people by printing your misinformation, your propaganda,” she charged.

Sherrill doubled down on the claim Monday during a press conference on the opioid crisis in New Jersey. Now, Ciattarelli is promising to take Sherrill to court.

The connection to opioid manufacturers surfaced durin

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