Tea Party Protests Nancy Pelosi Visit to RI
Saturday, July 17, 2010
The Rhode Island Tea Party protested U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to the Ocean State yesterday evening as she attended a $1,000-a-plate fundraiser in Jamestown.
“Let’s Give Ms. Pelosi a warm welcome back to Rhode Island,” the Tea Party said in a press release distributed by the state GOP. “Give her the welcome she deserves! Show your support for our Freedoms!”
A spokesman for Pelosi declined to comment on the protest.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTEarlier in the day, Pelosi appeared with Congressman Patrick Kennedy at Bradley Hospital in East Providence to discuss how federal stimulus funding for research and development was helping the state economy recover. The federal government is spending $515,000 a year on R&D in Rhode Island, according to Kennedy’s office.
