Another Democrat politician has been caught in a sexting scandal. Though this one has a twist. North Carolina Democrat Senate candidate Cal Cunningham was sexting with a woman, and thus cheating on his mistress. The affairs came to a head Monday following the publication of lurid text messages between the candidate and a woman who is not his wife. Or his mistress. The campaign immediately went dark after the revelation. Cunningham is running against GOP incumbent Senator Thom Tillis.
A U.S. Senate town hall scheduled for Monday afternoon is off. Unfortunately @CalforNC has backed out. Organizers will try to reschedule. #ncpol #ncsen
— Jeff Tiberii (@j_tibs) October 5, 2020
Fox News reports “The news of Cunningham backing out of the town hall comes hours after another affair allegation against Cunningham surfaced Monday, this time from a woman claiming her friend has been having an affair with Cunningham since 2012…Cunningham, who is married, apologized on Friday after the website NationalFile.com published steamy text messages between the candidate and a public relations strategist named Arlene Guzman Todd. The allegation that surfaced Monday purports to involve a second woman…The second allegation hinges on a claim from Erin Brinkman, who appears to be a Los Angeles-based lawyer who served on Cunningham’s state Senate steering committee from 2009 to 2010, according to the LinkedIn profile of a woman with the same name.”
“He’s been having an affair with a good friend of mine since 2012. Needless to say, my friend was devastated. But my feeling is, if they’ll cheat WITH you, they’ll cheat ON you!” reads a screengrab of a comment written by Erin Brinkman, a friend of the mistress.
The messages show Cunningham told Guzman Todd “Would make my day to roll over and kiss you about now,” she replies, “You’re so sweet. I would enjoy that.”
A further embarrassment shows Guzman Todd telling Cunningham, “the only thing I want on my to do list is you,” to which Cunningham says, “Sounds so hot and so fun!”
Cunningham responded to the scandal, “I have hurt my family, disappointed my friends, and am deeply sorry,” Cunningham, who is married with two teenage children, said in a statement. “The first step in repairing those relationships is taking complete responsibility, which I do.” Uh huh.
In related news, a GOP PAC pounced on Cunningham with spots that wonder what else he’s “hiding” after he admitted to the sexting. The ads will arrive on the air on Tuesday and are part of a $4 million buy in North Carolina, the Senate Leadership Fund told press.
In the spot, the announcer says “politician Cal Cunningham hid the extramarital affair for months. But Cunningham got caught sending sexually explicit messages to a woman who is not his wife. Cal Cunningham — what else is he hiding?”
A GOP aide said, “Affairs are not necessarily a physical relationship — they constitute a romantic attachment outside of marriage that can — or may not — be physical. Though if Cunningham wanted to clear that up he could certainly do so. He’s refusing to answer any questions about it.” Not a smart call, Cal.
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