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Speaking on the floor of the Assembly, Bonta called the legislation a "cleanup bill that removes archaic and outdated references to the Communist Party in our state laws, specifically those stating that a public employee may be dismissed from employment if he or she advocates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

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; communism; communists
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To: Jim Robinson

They like their party to be called the Democratic party. So it should be the “Democratics ARE communists.”


21 posted on 05/11/2017 10:14:32 AM PDT by subterfuge (Build the damn wall...)
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Hilarious! They are almost all communists. They do not follow USConstitution and do not believe in the USA our fathers started.


22 posted on 05/11/2017 10:18:09 AM PDT by veracious (UN = OIC = Islam ; Democrats may change USAgov completely, just amend USConstitution)
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To: Salman

There are plenty of “real” commies left. They holed up in Academia and the media. They are now convinced they’ve reached some kind of societal tipping point where they can come out of hiding and start using the old vocabulary again. Yes some of them have the actual “card” - as in being associated with CPUSA.

Open borders is nothing more or less than them trying to foment the final revolution.


23 posted on 05/11/2017 11:04:49 AM PDT by Eisenhower Republican (END H1B. REPEAL Obamacare.)
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To: Trump20162020

They have since the 60s. Nothing new here.


24 posted on 05/11/2017 12:16:59 PM PDT by Carriage Hill ( Poor demoncrats haven't been this mad, since the Republicans took their slaves away.)
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