RI GOP Chair Bell Calls Raimondo Brand "Arrogant & Incompetent"

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Thursday, March 31, 2016

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Governor Raimondo criticized by RI GOP over tourism campaign

Rhode Island Republican Party Chairman Brandon Bell has released a statement on Governor Gina Raimondo's tourism campaign.

The campaign included a video with an image of Iceland as well as false information on the website.

GOP Statement

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"This branding campaign is an embarrassment. It needs to be scrapped immediately, high paid staff fired and expensive consultant contracts ended before the taxpayers see another dime wasted. Instead of re-branding Rhode Island as Cooler and Warmer, this branding campaign has succeeded in branding Raimondo as Arrogant and Incompetent and re-branding Rhode Island into Rhode Iceland, the nation's high tech mattress," said Bell.

"In hindsight, Raimondo must now realize that she should have used the PR team that fooled Fortune Magazine into listing her as one of the World's Top 50 Greatest Leaders to promote Rhode Island rather than the crew she assembled that gave us Cooler and Warmer," said Bell.

Bell then commented on Raimondo telling everyone to "get past this persistent negativity" and to "move on."

Bell said "Raimondo needs to understand that the people of Rhode Island will never stop being upset when they see their tax dollars being wasted by politicians who are both Arrogant and Incompetent. Maybe Rhode Island taxpayers will move on, but it probably will require politicians like Raimondo to move on."