Clinton campaign tells supporter to stay away when she’s in R.I.

[babylonsister]

Clinton campaign tells Cicilline to stay away when she’s in R.I.

01:00 AM EST on Friday, February 22, 2008

By Daniel Barbarisi

Journal Staff Writer

PROVIDENCE — Hillary Clinton has told Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline, her former state campaign chair, that he is barred from attending her Rhode Island appearance Sunday afternoon, for fear that his presence would cause disruptive protests by the Providence firefighters union.

Cicilline said he will stay away on Sunday, but this may cause him to question his support for the New York senator, who he has stumped for locally and in New Hampshire during that state’s primary.

“It’s obviously something for me to think about very carefully, because I am very disappointed in the decision of the Clinton campaign. I’m not prepared to say more than that today. I obviously have tremendous respect for Senator Clinton, but I’m very disappointed in the decision of her campaign today,” Cicilline said.

He said he has not talked to anyone from the Obama campaign regarding this incident.

Cicilline has been locked in a five-year contract dispute with the city’s firefighters union, Local 799 of the International Association of Fire Fighters, and the firefighters have repeatedly picketed the Rhode Island appearances of national political figures. In September, Cicilline was forced to resign as Clinton’s statewide campaign co-chairman and pledge not to attend her East Greenwich event when firefighters threatened to picket.

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[davidinalameda]

1. I'm speechless

she took his support in the beginning and now she doesn't want it because of the fire fighters union?

oh my