{"id":3904,"date":"2020-08-28T10:00:16","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T17:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=3904"},"modified":"2020-08-28T12:10:14","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T19:10:14","slug":"democrat-congressman-mike-levin-still-refusing-to-debate-republican-candidate-brian-maryott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=3904","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Congressman Mike Levin Still Refusing to Debate Republican Candidate Brian Maryott"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has been one year since congressional candidate Brian Maryott first invited Rep. Mike Levin to participate in a series of public debates throughout the 49th Congressional District.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past year, Maryott has repeatedly extended follow up debate proposals through various methods. However, all of Maryott\u2019s invites have been met with outright refusal or silence from the Levin campaign. The excuse last year was that Maryott hadn&#8217;t made it past the primary election yet, but Levin&#8217;s avoidance has continued in the nearly six months since the election.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019ve sent Mike Levin multiple invitations to have a meaningful debate on the issues in a public forum that is accessible to all constituents in our district. He\u2019s refused each one for over a year,&#8221; said Maryott. &#8220;It\u2019s a shameful failure of duty on Mike\u2019s part to continue denying the people of our district the opportunity to see us engage in a dialogue on the issues.\u00a0Mike\u2019s behavior is condemnable for a Congressional representative and beyond disrespectful to the voters and our democratic process.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You can see Maryott\u2019s first formal debate invitation\u2014from August 2019\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/maryottforcongress.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=686af4664d73cc1289e192e30&amp;id=bb2a5a6cef&amp;e=6ce4a388b4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/maryottforcongress.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D686af4664d73cc1289e192e30%26id%3Dbb2a5a6cef%26e%3D6ce4a388b4&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1598726685161000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF1VNXewkZ1-vOxKFQpUoiACkwJ2w\">here<\/a>. A recent debate invitation from Maryott&#8217;s campaign manager, Patrick Snow, can also be viewed <a href=\"https:\/\/maryottforcongress.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=686af4664d73cc1289e192e30&amp;id=ad82154b32&amp;e=6ce4a388b4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/maryottforcongress.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D686af4664d73cc1289e192e30%26id%3Dad82154b32%26e%3D6ce4a388b4&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1598726685161000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEpwF4RmsgrNAGfubmcQ6KUgV0Maw\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mike Levin would rather cowardly hide from public debates rather than face any scrutiny over his extreme record,&#8221; said Snow. &#8220;Brian Maryott remains the only candidate willing to engage, with anyone, in a dialogue on the issues \u2014 that\u2019s true leadership Mike knows nothing about.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been one year since congressional candidate Brian Maryott first invited Rep. 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However, all of Maryott\u2019s invites have been met with outright refusal or&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2412,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Democrat Congressman Mike Levin Still Refusing to Debate Republican Candidate Brian Maryott - San Diego News Desk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=3904\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Democrat Congressman Mike Levin Still Refusing to Debate Republican Candidate Brian Maryott - San Diego News Desk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It has been one year since congressional candidate Brian Maryott first invited Rep. 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