Rhode Island Governor caught at wine event days after telling residents not to attend nonessential events

There is a growing list of authoritarians in our Government who either do not follow their own advice when it comes to stopping the spread of COVID-19 or who just outright flout the lockdown orders they have put in place. There is now a new name to add to the list.

Authoritarian Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo warned her subjects to avoid any nonessential gatherings and to wear masks at all times when not eating, however just a few short days later she was caught at an apparently essential paint and wine event with a mask on. Here is more:

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.

Her supporters are defending her because technically she did not break any COVID-19 orders, however she did urge her subjects not to attend events like this just days before. She has a different definition of the term “essential” apparently…

She obviously does not take the threat of spreading COVID-19 seriously as she would like us to believe she does, and in fact she just likes the emergency powers she has given herself. Let them eat cake!

malo periculosam libertatem quam quietum servitium