Published May 10. 2021 2:01AM
PROVIDENCE (AP) Democratic Gov. Dan McKee said Sunday he has canceled a fundraising event that was being organized on his behalf by a prominent supporter of former President Donald Trump.
McKee had been scheduled to attend a May 12 event co-hosted by Gerald Zarrella, a Republican who was co-chairman of Trump’s Rhode Island re-election campaign. But when the Democrat learned who was behind the fundraiser, he said he asked to call it off.
“I do not want to be associated with Donald Trump in any way, shape, or form. I do not like Trump,” McKee said in a statement released Sunday. “He is dishonest, divisive, and his ‘Big Lie’ is a threat to our democracy.”
RI Gov. Cancels Fundraiser Being Co-hosted by Trump Backer “I do not want to be associated with Donald Trump in any way, shape, or form. I do not like Trump,” Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee said in a statement.
Published May 10, 2021 •
Updated on May 10, 2021 at 11:27 am
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Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee said Sunday he has canceled a fundraising event that was being organized on his behalf by a prominent supporter of former President Donald Trump.
The Democratic governor had been scheduled to attend a May 12 event co-hosted by Gerald Zarrella, a Republican who was co-chair of Trump’s Rhode Island re-election campaign. But when the Democrat learned who was behind the fundraiser, he said he asked to call it off.
Governor McKee cancels fund-raiser cohosted by Trump backer
He had been scheduled to attend a May 12 event cohosted by Gerald Zarrella, the cochair of the former presidentâs Rhode Island reelection campaign.
By The Associated PressUpdated May 10, 2021, 7:19 a.m.
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Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee addresses the media at the weekly COVID-19 press conference. in Providence April 29.Gretchen Ertl/The Boston Globe
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) â Democratic Gov. Dan McKee said Sunday he has canceled a fundraising event that was being organized on his behalf by a prominent supporter of former President Donald Trump.
McKee had been scheduled to attend a May 12 event co-hosted by Gerald Zarrella, a Republican who was co-chair of Trumpâs Rhode Island re-election campaign. But when the Democrat learned who was behind the fundraiser, he said he asked to call it off.
May 9, 2021 3:57 pm
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) Democratic Gov. Dan McKee said Sunday he has canceled a fundraising event that was being organized on his behalf by a prominent supporter of former President Donald Trump.
McKee had been scheduled to attend a May 12 event co-hosted by Gerald Zarrella, a Republican who was co-chair of Trump’s Rhode Island re-election campaign. But when the Democrat learned who was behind the fundraiser, he said he asked to call it off.
“I do not want to be associated with Donald Trump in any way, shape, or form. I do not like Trump,” McKee said in a statement released Sunday. “He is dishonest, divisive, and his ‘Big Lie’ is a threat to our democracy.”