The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly False | Taxpayers paid for a secret no-bid contract that benefited Gina Raimondo’s firm, Angel Taveras says
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A TV commercial that ran before the Sept. 9 primary showed two well-dressed men carrying briefcases, approaching each other. They meet in the shadows of a stairwell to shake hands. The implication: they don't want anyone to see what they're doing. The word "SECRET" appears in large green letters, followed by the words "No-bid Contract." A narrator talks about General Treasurer Gina Raimondo, then one of four Democrats running in a primary for governor, a race she ultimately won. "Her venture capital firm secured a secret no-bid contract funded by taxpayers," the narrator says The commercial was for ...
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