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Polybius

(15,489 posts)
Thu Oct 8, 2020, 08:00 PM Oct 2020

Senate candidate admits to exchanging sexual text messages with strategist

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Source: ABC News

Cal Cunningham, Democratic challenger for the North Carolina Senate seat, admitted to sending sexual text messages to a California strategist who is not his wife, but said that he does not plan on dropping out of the race.

Cunningham, a married father of two, confirmed to ABC News that screenshots of text messages, first obtained by a cultural and political website called the National File and shared by National Republican Senatorial Committee communication director, Jesse Hunt on Twitter, were authentic.

In one screenshot, an account named "Cal Cunningham" appears to post, "Would make my day to roll over and kiss you about now," to which a reply is sent: "You're so sweet. I would enjoy that."

In another screenshot, the "Cal Cunningham" account posts, "nervous for the next 100 days," which could reference the upcoming Senate election. However, it is unclear when those messages were sent.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/senate-candidate-admits-exchanging-sexual-text-messages-strategist/story?id=73404502

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Senate candidate admits to exchanging sexual text messages with strategist (Original Post) Polybius Oct 2020 OP
This isn't breaking news. Bleacher Creature Oct 2020 #1
still looking 👀 dweller Oct 2020 #2
OLD news Ferrets are Cool Oct 2020 #3
LOCKING applegrove Oct 2020 #4

Bleacher Creature

(11,257 posts)
1. This isn't breaking news.
Thu Oct 8, 2020, 08:04 PM
Oct 2020

It's been out there for days, and the article is almost a week old.

dweller

(23,663 posts)
2. still looking 👀
Thu Oct 8, 2020, 08:14 PM
Oct 2020

for a law broken ... here? there? anywhere?


didn't think so

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Ferrets are Cool

(21,110 posts)
3. OLD news
Thu Oct 8, 2020, 08:21 PM
Oct 2020

applegrove

(118,805 posts)
4. LOCKING
Thu Oct 8, 2020, 08:24 PM
Oct 2020

Alert: duplicate post

Below is the previous LBN OP on the same topic:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142595496

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