Behind The Orange Curtain, Where It's Still 1953

Orange County supervisors Tuesday took a stance against a bill that would prohibit the firing of state employees for being a member of the Communist Party.

The bill by Assemblyman Rob Bonta, D-Oakland, AB 22, was narrowly approved by the Assembly Tuesday. It strikes language referring to communism, but still allows for the dismissal of anyone who knowingly advocates the violent overthrow of the government.

The law that would be modified dates back to 1953.

“As an immigrant, my parents fled from North Korea to get away from a communist country, so I was shocked to hear this,” said Board of Supervisors Chairwoman Michelle Steel. “I’m asking we all write a letter to oppose this legislation.”

Supervisor Andrew Do, also an immigrant whose family fled Vietnam during the fall of Saigon in 1975, also criticized the legislation.

“Sometimes history needs to be reminded when we live in such a peaceful country like the United States,” Do said.

“Especially for young people, they don’t know the full impact of what it means to live in a communist society where you have no legal protection, when basically the communist party protects its own leadership and robs the people and exploits its people.”

Do said the legislation is “outrageous,” and represents, “the height of ignorance.”

“This is something we need to take a strong and vocal stance against,” Do said.

– City News Service

I know it's not nice to make fun of immigrants (not certain Chairperson Steel is an actual immigrant; what exactly does "As an immigrant, my parents fled from North Korea to get away from a communist country" mean? If her parents fled "as an immigrant", how is she an immigrant? Wouldn't she have to have "fled" as well to qualify?) but these two clucks are about as incoherent as Trump: "Sometimes history needs to be reminded when we live in such a peaceful country ..." History needs to be reminded we live in a peaceful country? Credit for a succinct if unintentional description of what is going on: "... you have no legal protection, when basically the Republican party protects its own leadership and robs the people and exploits its people". A shame he can only recognize it 40 yrs. ago across the ocean & not when it's right under his nose.

Inevitably the usual gang of dung-rolling beetles get all over it for their over-70 audience who still check under the bed for Commie infiltrators every night before sleepy-time (right after Tucker Carlson).

Melanie Mason / Los Angeles Times:
Being a Communist would no longer be cause for losing a state job under bill narrowly approved in Assembly

Discussion:

Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:   California May Allow Communists to Work Openly in State Government

Ted Goodman / The Daily Caller:   California Moves To Allow Communists In Government Jobs

Sophia Bollag / Associated Press:   California may end ban on communists in government jobs

Madeleine Weast / Washington Free Beacon:   California State Assembly Passes Law Allowing Communists to Work in Government

Come on you inane drones, there are about 500 "communists" left, & most of them are unemployable anyway.