Tampa GOP consultant steers his candidates away from public forums

[Zorro]

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.

That’s 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 state’s Republican legislative leadership is spending millions to get a candidate elected, he said, they can’t 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.

[Just_Vote_Dem]

1. Makes it tougher for them to lie and distort

When their bullshit is actually in print.

[North Shore Chicago]

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]

3. So they've gone from Tea Parties to hide and seek.