This candidate declaration period honestly isn’t the same without @RayBaccari tweeting out every candidate who filed.
Rhode Island politics feels a little quieter without him.
Democrat Mayor Brett Smiley just forced Iryna Zarutska’s mural to be taken down because @PVDMayor called honoring a murdered Ukrainian refugee “divisive.”
Now it’s time to peacefully stand up and make sure her memory is NOT erased.
While George Floyd murals cover every major city in the name of “unity,” Democrats in Providence are scrubbing the memory of an innocent 23-year-old Ukrainian immigrant brutally murdered by a repeat criminal because her story shows the human cost of the Democrats soft on crime policies.
Join us for the Iryna Zarutska Rally this Saturday at the Rhode Island State House Mall Side as we honor her life, defend free expression, and send a clear message:
Iryna’s story matters and her mural should STILL be standing.
📍 Rhode Island State House Mall Side
82 Smith St, Providence, RI 02903
🕑 2:00 PM Saturday, May 16th, 2026
The “Creative Capital” died the moment creativity needed permission from the Democrat machine.
Iryna’s mural should still be up. Shame on Providence Mayor Brett Smiley.
I testified against Senate Bill 2479, a disgraceful anti-ICE blacklist bill that would ban ICE officers from serving in Rhode Island law enforcement.
An ICE officer can help remove violent criminal illegal aliens, protect American families, enforce federal law, and risk their life doing a job and then Rhode Island Dems want to say that person should be barred from serving in law enforcement in RI.
Rhode Island Democrats treat immigration enforcement like a crime and treat criminal illegal aliens like victims.
How many more Iryna’s have to die before Democrats stop ignoring the law and start enforcing it? How many more innocent lives must be lost before they abandon cashless bail, revolving door courts, and the twisted DEI ideology that coddles violent criminals while law abiding Americans pay the price with their blood?
Now Rhode Island is mentioned internationally for this disgrace: Dem Mayor Smiley calling a murdered Ukrainian refugee’s mural “divisive” & trying to erase it.
@GBNEWS
https://t.co/aZuDEgqP5l
A business in Providence wanted to memorialize Iryna Zarutska, a 23 year old refugee whose life was stolen in a horrifying act of violence by a man who shouldn’t have even been on the streets. Now @PVDMayor wants that mural taken down.
When Democrat leadership is confronted with the human cost of their policies, they do not correct the policies, confront the failure, or defend the innocent. They try to shut down the reminder. Smiley says the mural is “divisive.” No, Mayor the murder was divisive. The failure to protect innocent people was divisive. The instinct to erase the memorial instead of face the truth is what tells people everything they need to know.
Sign the @YoungGOP401 petition at https://t.co/wusE5ztkbt and tell Smiley to leave Iryna’s memorial alone.
Seth Magaziner WON’T pass the SAVE Act to secure our border and stop illegal voting.
But he sure has time for a Real Housewives of Rhode Island watch party.
While Rhode Islanders demand border security, he’s watching reality TV.
Tough to see Rhode Island lose such a great reporter, but I’m so happy for @RayBaccari and excited to see what’s ahead for him. Wishing him the absolute best on this new chapter. He’s going places.
. @repmorgan and I just saw the new #Melania documentary yesterday it was mind blowing seeing all the behind the scenes of the inauguration prep and the Trump inaugural balls! Knowing I was right there in the crowd somewhere in the background during those moments hits different now. Felt like reliving history from the inside!
Senator Tiara Mack said on @NBC10 last night “they” are coming for your second amendment rights. Senator Mack who are “They”? They aren’t coming after our second amendment rights YOU are the one coming after Rhode Islanders Second Amendment rights. There is no shadowy “they” it’s you eroding our constitutional rights!
The @RIDemParty have made it crystal clear if you support Trump, they’ll do everything they can to destroy you. Just last week, I was turned away from having a meeting at a restaurant where I’ve regularly held fundraisers and meetings. It wasn’t because of the owners, but because Democrat agitators have been stirring up trouble and making it impossible for businesses to operate peacefully. This is what the left does: they bully, they disrupt, and they punish anyone who doesn’t fall in line. It’s intimidation politics!
Make sure to support all these great businesses!
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I think the greatest birthday present I could possibly receive today is knowing that this is most likely the last time I’ll ever be forced to sit through @GovDanMcKee droning on about a “State of the State” he’s actively helped mismanage into the ground.
This isn’t education It’s ideology with a permission slip
Rhode Island public schools herded students onto boats for a scripted tour of Ørsted’s Block Island Wind Farm, the poster child for Big Wind’s profit-driven “green” agenda. They’re not teaching history; they’re peddling corporate propaganda on climate hysteria while turbines kill wildlife and jack up energy costs.
Who paid for this farce? The North Kingstown Chamber? Ørsted subsidies? We demand transparency!
#SchoolIndoctrination #WindFarmScam #ClimateCult
Magaziner is WEAK!
This is the same old playbook: America bad, dictators get a pass, and somehow our military is always the villain. Venezuela is collapsing under socialist corruption, run by a thug.
CD2 deserves strength, clarity, and America First leadership.
That’s why we need @VictorMellor for CD2. Strong. Serious. Not weak.
2025 has had the lowest murder rate since the 1960s!
This is not a coincidence. Trump started kicking out dangerous illegals and guess what? Americans stopped being murdered.
Every Democrat protecting these criminals has blood on their hands. #ICE