North State Journal: “Musician Clay Aiken, who last week announced his intent to run for Congress in the new Triangle-area 6th District, has come under fire from other candidates and influential progressives for his late entry into the race.
Nida Allam, a Durham County commissioner also in the race, seized on a tweet congratulating Aiken on his second campaign from Meghan McCain, former co-host of The View and the daughter of the late U.S. Sen. John McCain.
Allam linked to her campaign donation page and said, “If you’re looking for a candidate in this strong Democratic seat who *isn’t* being backed by Republicans..” to attack Aiken for the apparent support of McCain.
That prompted a response by McCain to Allam, telling her to “grow up.”
“Clay and I are polar opposites politically. We disagree on almost everything except our friendship. The worst part of the rot in DC is politicians not being able to be civil and have relationships to work with the other side,” McCain wrote.
The Twitter spat wasn’t the only attack on Aiken.
The Raleigh News & Observer’s Sara Pequeño, formerly of the Indy Week, wrote an editorial criticizing Aiken, saying he was “another celebrity candidate who hasn’t done the work.””