Florida Gubernatorial Candidate Rep. Byron Donalds Holds Town Hall at FAMU
The event replaced a canceled televised debate and barred all audio and video recording, according to the listing.
- Florida Republican gubernatorial nominee Byron Donalds banned all audio and visual recordings at his town hall Tuesday at FAMU, as every scheduled debate in the state's governor's race has been canceled.
- Democratic nominee David Jolly refused to debate, citing Donalds' "repeated lies and bad faith," while the Donalds campaign had unveiled three debates without consulting Jolly's team.
- If no debate occurs, this contest will be Florida's first gubernatorial race in more than 50 years without one, with the FAMU event listing explicitly stating: "No recording, audio or visual recording, is permitted."
- Conservative podcast host Patrick Bet-David criticized the lack of debates, calling the situation a "royal, royal screw-up" and questioning the Republican Party's "unattractive approach" to voter engagement.
- Ahead of the Nov. 3 election, polls show the race effectively tied in this Republican-leaning state, leaving voters without direct candidate confrontations during the final campaign stretch.
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Florida gubernatorial candidate Rep. Byron Donalds holds town hall at FAMU
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'Royal screw-up': Byron Donalds bans all recordings at town hall as debates get scrapped
A campus town hall for Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) has banned all recording — with every debate in Florida's race for governor now canceled.The ban appears in the event listing for Tuesday's forum at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, where Donalds, the Republican nominee for governor, will speak to students. The FAMU Student Government Association is hosting the event, which is limited to current FAMU students, according to the listing. Anyon…
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