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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTampa GOP consultant steers his candidates away from public forums
Anthony Pedicini advises his clients to avoid appearing where they might have to give spontaneous answers to questions.In many Tampa Bay area candidate forums during the 2020 campaigns, something was missing Republican candidates.
Thats partly because of the work of a prominent local GOP political operative, Anthony Pedicini of Tampa.
In a recent interview, Pedicini acknowledged that he advises candidates he works for to avoid appearing at public forums where they might have to give spontaneous answers to questions from the public, possibly making missteps that could be used against them later.
When the states Republican legislative leadership is spending millions to get a candidate elected, he said, they cant afford to have the candidate flub it up by answering a question from the public.
https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/2020/11/28/tampa-gop-consultant-steers-his-candidates-away-from-public-forums/
Seems to be a Republican thing.
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Tampa GOP consultant steers his candidates away from public forums (Original Post)
Zorro
Nov 2020
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Just_Vote_Dem
(2,804 posts)1. Makes it tougher for them to lie and distort
When their bullshit is actually in print.
North Shore Chicago
(3,313 posts)2. If they ran on facts
and not bullshit, they wouldn't need to be closed off from the public. Much harder to keep up with lies than telling of the truth.
tanyev
(42,552 posts)3. So they've gone from Tea Parties to hide and seek.