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Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo is being criticized after she was photographed with friends at a wine event just days after she instructed residents to stay home.
The Democrat East Coast governor was seen in photographs taken by another diner at a wine and art event at Barnaby’s Public House in Providence over the weekend.
The governor’s non-essential outing came just days after she instructed Rhode Islanders to “Please, stay home except for essential activities & wear a mask anytime you’re with people you don’t live with.”
The woman who took the photo, Erica Oliveras, claimed Raimondo “only took her mask off whenever she was drinking her wine,” but the photo clearly shows the governor’s glass and mask both down.
Another photo shows Raimondo masked, but in close proximity to the person conducting the event, who is likely not a member of her household.
“Shame on you Gina,” one person told local media ABC6 in reference to the governor’s actions. “She shouldn’t even be at an event like that. You can drink wine at home. I’m an experienced wine drinker Gina, do it at home.”
To make matters worse, Gov. Raimondo’s outing came just one day before the Rhode Island Department of Health Director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott tested positive for coronavirus, prompting Raimondo to release a statement saying she tested negative for Covid but would be under self-quarantine.
A spokesman for the governor said she definitely didn’t violate any Covid guidelines.
“The governor had dinner at a local restaurant with her husband, and had her mask on anytime she was not eating/drinking,” the rep said.
Oliveras says she actually intended the snap to show the governor was out supporting local business, but instead inadvertently ended up showing Raimondo is just another Democrat hypocrite.
Gov. Raimondo now joins a growing list of Democrats caught violating their own lockdown orders, in a show of defiance for the rules that are only selectively enforced against the plebs.
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