WARWICK, R.I. (WPRI) — Middletown native and former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn was in Rhode Island Saturday evening to speak at a campaign rally for a Republican running in the 2nd Congressional District.
The event, a “Rhode Island First” rally, happened at the Crowne Plaza in Warwick. It was organized by the campaign of Vic Mellor, a Woonsocket native and Florida businessman challenging Democratic Congressman Seth Magaziner this year.
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Mellor joined the race in November after filing paperwork with the Federal Elections Commission.
Flynn told reporters before the event Mellor is “a great friend” and that the candidate’s story is “really what the American Dream is all about.”
“He grew up in really the projects of Woonsocket as a kid hanging around he goes through the school system, ends up joining the Marines, the Marines gave him a great opportunity, he was a great marine,” Flynn said…