A highly-anticipated televised debate between Congressional District 16 candidates Assemblymember Evan Low and former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo has been canceled after Liccardo revealed he has laryngitis, sparking accusations from his opponent’s marketing campaign that he’s mendacity.
Low and Liccardo, who’re working to exchange retiring U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo in Congress, had been set to battle it out on TV on Wednesday night time in a debate hosted by NBC Bay Space, Telemundo 48 and KQED. However shortly earlier than 12:30 p.m., Liccardo introduced on his X account that he needed to pull out as a result of he misplaced his voice. Other than the controversy, the previous mayor stated he needed to cancel three meet-and-greets yesterday, in addition to different occasions later this week.
“My doctor has given me medication to help with the laryngitis, and I hope to be back out there in a few days,” Liccardo wrote on X. “My team is working hard to find another time for this important forum — voters deserve to hear what the candidates have to say. NBC tells us that if the Low campaign agrees to another time, we can reschedule, and I fully expect we will — stay tuned.”
Knocking on doorways throughout our neighborhood and collaborating in practically 100 meet-and-greets and a number of other debates has been the most effective a part of campaigning, nevertheless it’s taken its toll on my vocal cords. I’ve sadly misplaced my voice, and needed to cancel three meet-and-greets yesterday, and…
However Low’s marketing campaign isn’t shopping for the mayor’s excuse.
“It’s extremely suspicious — especially since it comes days after San Jose police and firefighters blasted Liccardo for lying about his record attacking first responders and causing the city to lose 500 cops on the beat,” Lindsey Cobia, Low’s marketing campaign supervisor, stated in a press release. “The President of the San Jose Police Officer Association said it best. ‘There is a reason why every law enforcement organization has not endorsed Sam Liccardo: we don’t trust him.’ Liccardo should prove it.”
The San Jose firefighters and police unions have accused the previous mayor of driving first responders out of the town as a result of Measure B pension battles. However Liccardo’s marketing campaign stated he helped broaden the San Jose Police Division by over 200 officers and scale back emptiness charges.
Liccardo and Low have already participated in a number of different debates in the previous few months.
