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California's Assembly Votes To Allow Communists To Hold State Jobs
NPR ^ | May 9, 2017 | Bill Chappell

Posted on 05/11/2017 8:21:17 AM PDT by Trump20162020

California may end a decades-old ban on members of the Communist Party working in its government, after the state Assembly approved a bill that would delete references to the party from its employment requirements.

The bill's sponsor, Assemblyman Rob Bonta, D-Oakland, said that California's laws should focus on individuals' actions and evidence rather than political affiliations and what he termed "empty labels."

Speaking on the floor of the Assembly, Bonta called the legislation a "cleanup bill that removes archaic and outdated references to the Communist Party in our state laws, specifically those stating that a public employee may be dismissed from employment if he or she advocates or is knowingly a member of the Communist Party."

The bill passed in a 41-30 vote, after a debate that touched on the Cold War, the U.S. history of fighting communism — and the potential for future conflicts.

(Excerpt) Read more at npr.org ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; communism; communists
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1 posted on 05/11/2017 8:21:17 AM PDT by Trump20162020
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To: Trump20162020

I thought they did already.


2 posted on 05/11/2017 8:21:53 AM PDT by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician/Journalist. Some assembly required.)
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To: Trump20162020

They already do......................


3 posted on 05/11/2017 8:22:18 AM PDT by Red Badger (Profanity is the sound of an ignorant mind trying to express itself.............)
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To: Trump20162020

HA! As if they don’t already.


4 posted on 05/11/2017 8:23:44 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Arm_Bears

Right, they can come out of the closet now!


5 posted on 05/11/2017 8:25:56 AM PDT by budj
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To: Trump20162020

California Democrats ARE communists.


6 posted on 05/11/2017 8:26:12 AM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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To: Trump20162020

Ok, so longstanding unwritten prerequisites for public office are Now Legal.


7 posted on 05/11/2017 8:26:48 AM PDT by eyeamok (destruction of government records.)
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To: Trump20162020
Are there really any Communists?

Clarification: I don't mean people who think and act like Commies. I know there are plenty of those. I mean real honest-to-Stalin "card carrying members" of an outfit with historical continuity to the old Comintern.

8 posted on 05/11/2017 8:28:00 AM PDT by Salman
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To: Arm_Bears

Yeah, I’m wondering “What changed?”


9 posted on 05/11/2017 8:28:46 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: Red Badger

What’s the difference? A democrat is a communist.


10 posted on 05/11/2017 8:29:32 AM PDT by Bonemaker
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To: Trump20162020

The few unfortunate law abiding. patriotic, legal citizens who haven’t been able to escape the state yet are governed by snowflakes, racists, communists and illegal aliens (or their close relatives.


11 posted on 05/11/2017 8:31:38 AM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (Best Long Term Prepper Tactic: Beat The Muslim Takeover - Have Big Families)
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To: Trump20162020
Simply put...a vote to allow existing members of the Cali legislature to come out of the commie closet.

This’ll be fun to watch. lol

12 posted on 05/11/2017 8:33:25 AM PDT by servantboy777
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To: Trump20162020

They already do: democrats.


13 posted on 05/11/2017 8:35:19 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Freedom of speech: an illusion that Americans hold fast to, although it disappeared decades ago.)
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To: Trump20162020
California's Assembly Votes To Allow Communists To OPENLY Hold State Jobs
14 posted on 05/11/2017 8:42:40 AM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: Trump20162020

This is just the first step to making allegiance to communism mandatory for state office positions. No sarc...


15 posted on 05/11/2017 8:42:54 AM PDT by broken_clock (Go Trump!)
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To: Trump20162020

All this does it make so they no longer have to pretend.


16 posted on 05/11/2017 8:54:27 AM PDT by servo1969
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To: Jim Robinson

Jim Rob, the whole of the Democrat party has been moving
toward communism for a long time from what I see. I laugh
when I hear the Democrats whine about the GOP moving to
the right. The truth is by definition conservatives stay
put. The Democrats move left and because we don’t move
with them, they accuse us of moving to the right. Thirty
years ago, for example, neither left nor right supported
gay marriage. Who changed?


17 posted on 05/11/2017 8:58:33 AM PDT by Sivad (NorCal red turf)
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To: Trump20162020

LOL, talk about closing the barn door!


18 posted on 05/11/2017 8:59:25 AM PDT by Bernard Marx
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To: Trump20162020

Communists actively advocate the violent overthrow of the democratically elected government, be it the state or federal government. What could go wrong with California’s inclusivity?


19 posted on 05/11/2017 8:59:29 AM PDT by Purdue77 (I can't afford a tag line.)
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To: Trump20162020

They voted to make honest women of themselves.


20 posted on 05/11/2017 9:26:08 AM PDT by arthurus
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