(TJVNEWS.COM)
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, Social media pointed out.
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”, she enjoyed a non-essential night out and was caught without a mask several times.
The woman who took the photo, Erica Oliveras, claimed to local media 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.
To live up to her recommendations to the public, drinking wine in public is not an essential activity, and that mask should be only off her face while she is sipping her wine!
It’s week two of our pause. I know it’s been hard, but I want to thank every Rhode Islander who’s following our guidance. Please, stay home except for essential activities & wear a mask anytime you’re with people you don’t live with. Together, we can turn our case numbers around.
— Gina Raimondo (@GovRaimondo) December 7, 2020