Frank Caprio, a Democrat running for governor in Rhode Island, doesn’t really care that President Obama hasn’t endorsed him. “He can take his endorsement and really shove it,” Caprio told WPRO Radio.
“We had one of the worst floods in the history of the United States a few months back and Pres. Obama didn’t even do a fly over of Rhode Island,” the National Journal reports Caprio said. “He ignored us and now he’s coming into Rhode Island and treating us like an ATM machine.”
The interview audio can be found here.
Caprio’s Independent opponent, Lincoln Chafee, endorsed Obama in the run-up to the Democratic primary in Rhode Island in 2008, which Obama lost.
The TPM Poll Average shows Independent Chafee leading Caprio 35.6%-28.7%, with Republican John Robitaille at 25.4%, and Moderate Party candidate Kenneth Block at 5.9%.
Editor’s Note: This story has been revised since it was first published.
