By C. Eugene Emery Jr.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- During their WPRI-12/Providence Journal debate Tuesday, Democrat U.S. Rep. David Cicilline said Republican Brendan Doherty shouldn't be elected to Congress because it would let the GOP keep control of the House and push policies that Rhode Islanders don't want.
But Doherty argued, as he repeatedly has, that he would be his own man and not tied to the party the way Cicilline almost always votes with his fellow Democrats.
He pointed to the record of Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown, who now holds the U.S. Senate seat once held by the late Ted Kennedy.
"He votes about 66 percent with his own party," Doherty said of Brown.
PolitiFact Rhode Island examined Doherty's claim and ruled it True. Read the complete analysis here.