Chairman Whatley: Cunningham Needs To Release All His Text Messages
October 5, 2020
For Immediate Release
RALEIGH, N.C. - North Carolina Republican Party Chairman Michael Whatley today called on Cal Cunningham to release all of the text messages he has exchanged with Arelene Guzman Todd.
“North Carolinians deserve to know the full extent of Cal Cunningham’s misconduct with the wife of a military combat veteran,” said Chairman Michael Whatley. “If Cal Cunningham has nothing additional to hide, he should have no problem releasing all of the text messages he has exchanged with Arelene Guzman Todd. Cunningham needs to stop hiding in his windowless basement and answer questions about this serious issue.”
Since Cunningham confirmed Friday that he “sent text messages of a sexual nature to a woman who is not his wife,” he has retreated to his windowless basement and is ducking follow-up questions on the scandal. Despite Cunningham’s silence, his extramarital relationship has generated a firestorm of state and national attention.
Here’s what the media is saying about Cunningham’s “sexting” scandal.
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The Charlotte Observer: “This cuts against the portrayal of him. It’s not going to play well with suburban women and it’s not going to play well with anybody who bought into Cal Cunningham as the savior of the Democratic Party in the South”
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Washington Post: “A Sexting Scandal In The North Carolina Senate Race Was The Last Thing Democrats Need”
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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”
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The Atlantic: ”On Thursday, a report revealed texts between Cunningham, a married father of two, and a Democratic strategist. The texts are less racy than, say, joggy; true to form for Cunningham, they’re rather dull. “Would make my day to roll over and kiss you about now,” he wrote in one.”
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New York Times: “For Mr. Cunningham, a married father of two, news of his romantic texts with a strategist based in California, reported earlier by The Raleigh News and Observer, was a blow to a carefully cultivated personal image that has been a centerpiece of his campaign.”
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Military.com: "NC Senate Candidate Army Reserve Lt. Col. Cal Cunningham Admits to Sexting with California Strategist”
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Daily Beast: "Sen. Thom Tillis’ Opponent Confirms Extramarital Sexting"
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Newsweek: “‘Cunningham is a character problem.’”
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The Hill: “Cal Cunningham, the Democratic Senate candidate in North Carolina’s marquee Senate race, admitted he sent texts involving sexual messages to a woman who is not his wife.”
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Politico: “Cunningham sent several text messages to a woman in which the two discussed kissing and hypothetically spending the night together”
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AP News: “Cal Cunningham, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate for North Carolina, admitted to sending sexual text messages to a California strategist who is not his wife”
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INDY Week: “Cal Cunningham—a Democrat more generic than white bread—confirmed he was sending sexual text messages to a woman that isn't his wife”
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Fox News: “Screenshots of the messages, first reported by NationalFile.com, showed Cunningham discussing kissing and discussing spending the night together with the California strategist -- whom he describes as “historically sexy.””
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Vox: “Cal Cunningham, the Democrat running in North Carolina’s highly competitive US Senate race, has owned up to sending romantic texts to a woman who is not his wife.”
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Washington Post: “Cal Cunningham, the Democratic challenger locked in a competitive race with Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), acknowledged exchanging intimate texts with a woman who is not his wife.”
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Wall Street Journal: “Democratic candidate Cal Cunningham facing a sexting scandal”
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Newsmax: “North Carolina was rocked by the revelation of Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Cal Cunningham’s text messages of a sexual nature with a married woman who is not his wife”
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ABC 11: “Cunningham's push for the Senate seat is currently shrouded by scandal
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