Labor pick fired worker over Black Lives Matter support

We truly live in a clown world when a mayor who fired a city worker for participating in a Black Lives Matter protest can be nominated for - of all things - Labor Secretary.

President Biden has nominated Boston Mayor Marty Walsh for Labor Secretary, and questions about Walsh are arising. When Walsh was elected mayor, some praised him as a progressive choice, but that turned out to be a load of roo gas. That was a flaw in reasoning by those who think the Democratic Party represents the entirety of American progressivism - when in fact the party's leadership these days doesn't represent any of it.

Back in 2015, Walsh fired a worker with the Boston Centers for Youth & Families because she took part in a Black Lives Matter event. She was on her own time when she participated - not on work time.

Walsh sniffed, "As mayor, you have to make tough, difficult decisions. This is not a difficult decision.”

Let this sink in for a moment. A man who is about to become Labor Secretary - which deals with workplace matters - fired someone for taking part in Black Lives Matter.

Should we be surprised that a party that doesn't give a shit about civil liberties also doesn't give a shit about the closely related issue of worker rights? It's almost like the Democrats today are former Republicans or something.