The governor of Rhode Island is facing backlash this week after she was photographed at a wine and paint night just days after she had discouraged inessential activities to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
The picture, taken by Erica Oliveras last Friday, shows Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo sitting at table in Barnaby’s Public House in Providence without a mask, WLNE reported.
Rhode Island Governor Gina M. Raimondo speaks at an afternoon press conference at the Vets Memorial Auditorium, in Providence, RI on Dec.
3, 2020. (The Boston Globe via Getty Images) Oliveras told the station that backlash over the photo was blown out of proportion because Raimondo had only taken off the mask to drink her wine.
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