This would be funny if it weren’t so sad. The incumbent Congressman’s staff put out press releases on his behalf that contradict each other. According to one, it’s a bad thing that out-of-state groups support Republican Brendan Doherty. But then the other hand, Cicilline wants to tout the fact that out-of-state, national groups support his own candidacy. Check out excerpts from two press releases sent out recently.
Included in a release yesterday:

David has also secured endorsements from AFL-CIO and the National Education Association.

If the endorsement is from a group that he likes, such as these two national organizations, then it’s a good thing.
But then in today’s press release:

an out-of-state Republican-allied group is going up on the air here in Rhode Island today touting David’s Republican opponent

But wait, it gets better:

Thank you for helping us to combat this secret out-of-state money that is trying to influence the outcome of this election.

Quite the contradiction, eh? It’s ok for him to get endorsements and money from out-of-state national organizations, but it’s not ok when Doherty does? And are they really saying that AFL-CIO and NEA money will not attempt to influence the outcome of the election? Seriously?
I guess when you’re dealing with the team that had to apologize for misleading the public, you can’t always expect consistency in something as simple as press releases.