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Woman Who Flipped Bird To Trump Motorcade FIRED
dailycaller.com ^ | 11/6/2017 | Thomas Phippen

Posted on 11/06/2017 7:49:21 AM PST by rktman

The woman who posted a photo of herself giving the middle finger to President Donald Trump’s motorcade to social media has been fired from her job, The Huffington Post reports.

As Trump returned from the Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va., Sunday, Oct. 29, a woman later self-identified as Julie Briskman, made the rude gesture to the president’s motorcade twice as she was cycling on the same road.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Philosophy; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: doh; juliebriskman; rudedems; yourefired
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To: Buckeye McFrog

“Was she on the clock when she did this?
If not, I’m not a fan of her firing, despite what she did.
The First Amendment guarantees your right to express opinions on your free time. Would anyone here who said rude things about Obama want to be fired for doing so?
If Colin Kaepernick were protesting cops on his own time I’d have to loathe and defend him at the same time.”

She wasn’t on clock, but she posted as a banner on her Facebook and Twitter. In other words, she embraced the pic. The Contracting Company had a rule about obscene pics and language on social media.


61 posted on 11/06/2017 10:42:07 AM PST by upbeat5
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To: rktman

I wouldn’t give any sitting President the finger and I wouldn’t give Obama and or Clinton the finger. Oddly, I might consider giving George Bush the finger now that he’s decided to go on the attack against Trump. I find myself despising the Bush’s more than even Obama and the Clintons.

Trump has flushed all these phonies out. Gosh I detest the Bush and that family. All of them. They fooled us.


62 posted on 11/06/2017 11:02:48 AM PST by vespa300
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To: kingu

I’m retired so I don’t have to worry.


63 posted on 11/06/2017 11:12:49 AM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: Buckeye McFrog
The First Amendment guarantees your right to express opinions on your free time.

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

No, the First Amendment guarantees your right to express opinions on your free time without Government interference. It does NOT make you immune from actions your employer might take because of your actions.

64 posted on 11/06/2017 11:21:07 AM PST by BwanaNdege ("The church ... is not the master or the servant of the state, but the conscience" - Luther)
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To: Professional

or conservative.


65 posted on 11/06/2017 11:25:53 AM PST by the_daug
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To: Buckeye McFrog

1st amendment not applicable to private companies.

The company did not prevent her exercising her right to free speech.

They can do what she did, and respond. Actions have consequences. She exercised her rights, now take responsibility.


66 posted on 11/06/2017 11:48:10 AM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: vespa300

Us? Are you including Mr Hat?


67 posted on 11/06/2017 12:17:56 PM PST by gnarledmaw (Hive minded liberals worship leaders, sovereign conservatives elect servants.)
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To: bkopto
You know it could be not a flip to PDJT, she could be one of those really militant bicyclist.

Then again, back in the day, their used to a brunette in a BMW 320 who thought she owned the road, who must have been a member of the Audubon Society... Nevermind ;-).

68 posted on 11/06/2017 12:23:27 PM PST by taildragger (Do you hear the people singing? The Song of Angry of Men!....)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Are employers free to hire and fire who they please for any reason? I’m not sure in the current oligarchy we have, but I do remember living in a free republic where employers had 100% power to do as they pleased, unions notwithstanding, of course.


69 posted on 11/06/2017 1:06:06 PM PST by Kalamata (Inside Every Liberal is a Totalitarian Screaming to Get Out - D. Horowitz)
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To: rktman

She says she is glad she was fired. #Metoo


70 posted on 11/06/2017 1:52:48 PM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: Buckeye McFrog

“The First Amendment guarantees your right to express opinions on your free time.” That is only partially true. It addresses the government’s actions i.e., the government cannot prevent you or punish you from expressing your opinion on your free time. But, it does not guarantee you that you can express your opinion on your free time without action by your employer, especially if that expression has a negative impact on your employer’s business. It only prevents the government from taking action, not your employer. This woman can sue but she has no guarantee of winning — unless she gets a liberal judge. From her statements, she sounded like a complete idiot anyway.


71 posted on 11/06/2017 2:15:31 PM PST by falcon99
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To: bkopto
In looking at the photo, I'm surprised the Secret Service let any bicyclist get that close to the President, let alone one who's a lefty nut.

72 posted on 11/06/2017 4:04:14 PM PST by LouieFisk
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