U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill said Jack Ciattarelli is “acting like a total baby” for threatening legal action after she blamed him for tens of thousands of deaths in the opioid crisis in a wide-ranging 30-minute interview with The Inquirer’s editorial board.

Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) has continued to slam her Republican gubernatorial opponent, Jack Ciattarelli, on his ties to the opioid industry despite Ciattarelli’s threat to bring a defamation lawsuit against her for her claims.

Rep. Mikie Sherrill, the Democratic nominee for governor in New Jersey, held a news conference at a commuter train station after President Donald Trump threatened to cancel federal funding for a crucial rail tunnel.

U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill escalated an attack on Jack Ciattarelli over his former company's opioid publications as he calls on her to release her disciplinary records.

A campaign strategist who works with the Ciattarelli campaign said the statement made by Sherrill during Wednesday night's debate was a "defamatory act" and "accusing a political opponent of mass murder in a televised debate crosses the line.