Living in Charlotte’s deep-blue 12th Congressional District, I’m used to my vote for U.S. House not mattering all that much. But I generally pull the lever for the Republican candidate anyway as a show of support.
This year, though, I actually voted for U.S. Rep. Alma Adams.
The reason is that her Republican opponent, a 20-something Charlotte banker named Jack Codiga, has taken his campaign down a really dark path over the last few weeks.
In his recent social media videos, he’s embraced an angry, burn-it-all-down approach to politics, blaming shadowy figures for the nation’s ills and lambasting Adams as a “traitor” and a “puppet” of Israel. It’s truly gross stuff.
Normally, I’d be inclined to ignore a campaign like this. Why draw attention to it? But I interviewed Codiga during the primary, and while I never explicitly endorsed or supported him, I feel like I owe it to my readers to explain what’s going on.
Back then, Codiga came across as earnest and well-meaning, with a faith-based mess…
