Woman fired from her job after flipping off Trump's motorcade

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19. She flipped off President Trump -- and got fired from her government contracting job

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She flipped off President Trump — and got fired from her government contracting job

By Petula Dvorak Columnist November 6 at 12:45 PM

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Because Briskman was in charge of the firm’s social media presence during her six-month tenure there, she recently flagged something that did link her company to some pretty ugly stuff. ... As she was monitoring Facebook this summer, she found a public comment by a senior director at the company in an otherwise civil discussion by one of his employees about Black Lives Matter. ... “You’re a f------ Libtard a------,” the director injected, using his profile that clearly and repeatedly identifies himself as an employee of the firm.

In fact, the person he aimed that comment at was so offended by the intrusion into the conversation and the coarse nature of it that he challenged the director on representing Akima that way. ... So Briskman flagged the exchange to senior management.

Did the man, a middle-aged executive who had been with the company for seven years, get the old “section 4.3” boot? ... Nope. He cleaned up the comment, spit-shined his public profile and kept on trucking at work. ... But the single mother of two teens who made an impulsive gesture while on her bike, on her day off? ... Adios, amiga. ... Her mistake, said Bethesda lawyer Bradley Shear, who specializes in social media issues, was her honesty.
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Her bosses told her they do support her First Amendment rights. But they wanted her to “be professional,” she said. ... Does Briskman regret that middle finger, that reflexive moment that wasn’t all pussy hat and protest signs, that wasn’t calculated resistance but rather a totally relatable, plain-old, working woman, living-my-life, what-the-heck-is-going-on-in-our-world reaction? ... Nope. “I’d do it again,” she said. ... Resist, sister.

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@julibriskman is the women who did THIS and lost her job. Go give her a follow and some encouragement.

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