Rhode Island Dem Gov Gina Raimondo Spends Taxpayer Funds to Promote Herself On Facebook

With Rhode Island’s economy lagging behind the rest of the country, failed Democrat governor Gina Raimondo is so desperate to promote herself that she’s now using taxpayer money to do so. Last night, CBS Rhode Island reporter Ted Nesi tweeted a screen shot showing that the taxpayer-funded Rhode Island Commerce Corporation paid Facebook to sponsor a New York Times profile of Raimondo:

According to the state’s budget records, The Rhode Island Commerce Corporation received over 7 million dollars in funding from the state in 2016. The Corporation’s Facebook advertisement comes less than two weeks after the RGA launched a digital campaign targeting Raimondo and other Democrat governors with failed records on jobs and the economy.

With Rhode Island ranked dead last by CNBC’s list of states to do business and her 2018 reelection on the horizon, it’s no surprise Gina Raimondo would want to distort her actual record with puff pieces. But utilizing taxpayer funds for PR purposes is not what the people of Rhode Island expect from their governor. Gina Raimondo should be using Rhode Island’s tax dollars to help improve the stagnant economy brought on by her own failed leadership, not on promoting good PR for her reelection efforts.