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Registered Sex Offender Led Opening Prayer at Michael Whatley Campaign Rally
The rally came as Democrats spent more than $2.3 million on ads tying Michael Whatley to convicted sex offenders.
- On August 28, Senate candidate Michael Whatley and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz attended a rally in New Bern, North Carolina, where twice-convicted sex offender Pastor Daimon King appeared prominently in the background.
- Campaign spokesman DJ Griffin stated that Whatley did not know King, asserting the event "was NOT planned nor organized by the Whatley campaign nor did the campaign invite any of the guests." Griffin attributed the invitation to the Craven County Republican Party.
- Democrats continue to hammer Whatley over his associations, spending more than $2.3 million on ads featuring a photo with West, a former state GOP committee chair and convicted sex offender.
- Records show King was convicted 30 years ago of statutory rape and indecent liberties with a 15-year-old student, then pleaded guilty in 2010 to sex offenses with an underage relative, requiring lifetime sex offender registration.
- With two months until the November elections, this Senate race could determine which party controls the chamber, making such revelations particularly damaging to Whatley's consolidation of party support.
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Convicted sex offender offered opening prayer at rally for GOP Senate nominee in North Carolina – WTOP News
A pastor kicked off a recent campaign stop for Michael Whatley, the Republican nominee for Senate, with a prayer that asked God to bestow “integrity and honesty” upon the event and to right wrongs “hammered down on the conservative movement.” The prayer was hardly unusual by North Carolina political standards. What was surprising was the...
·Chevy Chase, United States
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Convicted sex offender offered opening prayer at rally for GOP Senate nominee in North Carolina
A North Carolina pastor who led the opening prayer at a recent campaign stop for Republican Senate nominee Michael Whatley is a registered sex offender, twice sentenced to prison.
·New York, United States
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