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Rhode Island Candidate for Mayor Running on ‘Bagel & Cream Cheese’ Ticket

Matthew McDonald

A 27-year-old semi-employed actor is running for mayor of Cranston, Rhode Island on what he calls the Bagel & Cream Cheese Party – to bring both sides together.

Carbone, who grew up in Cranston and is currently living with his mother between gigs, says if he's elected he'll wear a suit with birds on it and a cowboy hat, and that his platform includes extending half-price-for-appetizers hours at Applebee's and bringing the singer Adele to a gazebo in the city, according to The Providence Journal.

Rhode Island Governor Sticking By Mike Bloomberg – Even After ‘Kill It’-Gate Re-Erupts
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Rhode Island Governor Sticking By Mike Bloomberg – Even After ‘Kill It’-Gate Re-Erupts

Matthew McDonald

The only governor in the United States who has endorsed Michael Bloomberg for president is defending him in the wake of a withering news story in The Washington Post detailing allegations that Bloomberg often made lewd and demeaning comments to women who worked for him, criticized women for marrying and having babies, and once told a newly pregnant female employee to "kill it."

Gina Raimondo, the governor of Rhode Island and a Democrat, who once called Bloomberg her political idol, endorsed the former New York City mayor on February 5 and is sticking with it.

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