Former R.I. Democratic chairman says TV station should not have fired Doreen Costa for role in Trump

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Former R.I. Democratic chairman says TV station should not have fired Doreen Costa for role in Trump campaign


One of the state’s most prominent Democrats is calling on WLNE-TV to reconsider its decision to cut ties with Doreen Costa, who was recently named one of two honorary state chairs of President Donald Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign.

“I was very disappointed to learn of Representative Costa’s firing by ABC6 due to her decision to serve as Chair of President Trump’s RI Reelection Campaign,” said Bill Lynch, the former chairman of the state Democratic Party, who currently serves as a special advisor to the state party.

Lynch said that while he disagrees with Costa’s politics and opposes Trump, “our country and our ‘political system’ are founded on the basic premise that people must be free to support and express themselves politically without fear of retribution or reprisal. While Representative Costa and I may not agree on much, we do agree that people of every political persuasion should be able to practice their personal political beliefs without being punished or suffer retribution from an employer simply because of one’s political beliefs or political affiliation.”

In an interview Tuesday, Costa said she had been warned a week before accepting the unpaid position with the Trump campaign that it would lead to her firing. She said that ultimately she was fired about an hour before the campaign announced her role. She described the situation as a “First Amendment issue,” and when asked how she would respond to her termination, said “stay tuned.”

Read more: https://www.providencejournal.com/news/20191025/former-ri-democratic-chairman-says-tv-station-should-not-have-fired-doreen-costa-for-role-in-trump-campaign

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1. She should have stepped down

For the duration of the electoral process.