| Flip-Flopping Ryan Elijah strikes again — this time he’s hiding from Floridians.
After Elijah called out Cory Mills for refusing to debate him, saying “I believe we owe it to the voters to talk about the issues that impact them the most,” it seems Elijah is now taking a page out of the Cory Mills playbook.
New reporting has revealed now that Elijah’s set to face Bale Dalton in the general election, Elijah has “failed to commit to WESH’s general election debate,” and flown past the deadline to accept. It should come as no surprise that Elijah is too scared to publicly defend his reckless agenda that would only make Floridians’ lives more expensive: from saying Republicans’ price-hiking economy is “working” for Florida families, to saying that rising gas prices are the “cost of freedom.”
Bale Dalton on the other hand is bringing the fight directly to Elijah.
DCCC Spokesperson Madison Andrus:
“Ryan Elijah spent a career as a TV talking head but suddenly he’s scared of the cameras. Bale Dalton isn’t afraid to get on stage and answer voters’ questions but Elijah knows his extremism and flip-flopping can’t stand up to even the slightest scrutiny. Floridians see right through Elijah’s tricks, and are ready to send Dalton to Congress in November.”
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Daytona Beach News-Journal: Florida Congress race draws accusations of debate dodging
- In July, Ryan Elijah blasted Congressman Cory Mills for refusing WESH-2’s offer to televise a Republican primary debate.
- “I believe we owe it to the voters to talk about the issues that impact them the most. To talk about experience, to talk about voting records. Let’s make that happen,” Elijah said at the time.
- After Elijah’s Aug. 18 primary victory over Mills, the shoe is on the other foot.
- In a race for U.S. House in Florida’s 7th District, comprised of Seminole and southern Volusia counties, Elijah failed to commit to WESH’s general election debate.
- Dalton criticized Elijah for skipping the WESH debate.
- ‘What changed, Ryan?” Dalton said in a Sept. 14 statement shared with The News-Journal. “While you work on your stage fright and flip-flop answers, I’m ready to debate – and will always be ready to fight for Floridians. We don’t need more empty suit politicians who say one thing then do another.”
- The “flip-flop answers” Dalton cited was a position Elijah took during an Aug. 5 GOP primary debate hosted by Volusia County Republicans, in which Elijah said he believed the 2020 election result was questionable.
- “I do not believe President Biden got more votes than President Trump in that race,” Elijah said then.
- News 6 Orlando’s Matt Austin asked Elijah about whether he believes that election was “stolen” in a recent interview. Elijah said: “No,” before talking about how it’s time to “move forward,” and the question is designed to “divide people.”
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