Looks to me like Candace has handled the situation with “the invitation“ very well so far despite the ridiculous manipulations and pressures.
I have to say that it is quite remarkable to see how Candace is able to cut through BS mainly in the department of all sorts of manipulations and pressuring techniques against her personally and everyone including her that tries to stay on the course of very simple truths and assessments. Even on the fly!
I mean it seems to me that she is exceptionally able to basically counter and not go along with all sorts of interpersonal encounters that are either unconsciously or consciously manipulative and pressure inducing. That is one of the hardest things ever. I would say that such manipulations come mostly from manipulated people themselves (which can be everyone at some point in one way or the other!) and/or “Charactopaths“ and Psychopaths.
That is actually very hard for anyone even people keenly aware about things like Ponerology and engaged in the work! I‘m not talking about the details of what she is researching and whether or not they are accurate or not, but mainly about her being able to stick to very core decent truths and questions despite a very heavy load of interpersonal manipulations and pressures.
I would challenge anyone to try to imagine how difficult it actually would be for you to handle it in the way she does given her lack of knowledge about many of the things we know about and possibly a network that is as good as this one here. And “in the heat of the moment“ too, on the fly!
On that interpersonal level of being able to not accept or follow along manipulations and pressures I think there is a lot that can be learned from people like Candace. It set’s good examples to think about in terms what Ponerology describes is needed to not get “infected“ yourself.
Obviously, as luc suggested, it probably takes special types of people being able to withstand things like this, possibly with inborn qualities/talents that are quite above the average. Things like a high level of self confidence and possibly in some way narcissism and being verbally very able. All three things are not necessarily good or bad in a black and white fashion but can be developed in either directions for good or bad, at any point.
Some even rarer individuals might not even be fueled/helped by such rare natural qualities from the get-go or later in life, but might have actually transcendent the need for such inborn qualities by steeling themselves by sheer work on themselves and/or for others and/or a special mission that they came here for.
I would tend to “categorize“ Putin more in that latter “category“ for example or maybe somewhat more inbetween someone like Candace and that latter “category“.