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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWoman Fired For Flipping Off Trumps Motorcade Receives 453,673 Job Offers
Juli Briskman, the 50-year-old mother of two who cycled her way into Americas heart, wont be out of work for long
When Donald Trumps motorcade passed her on the back roads of Virginia last week, cyclist Juli Briskman did what any patriotic American would do, she saluted with a raised middle finger.
The real Wonder Woman, Briskman says shed do it all over again. (Credit:heavy.com)
A photo of the incident, taken by a press pool photographer riding in the caravan of black SUVs, went viral the next day, making Ms. Briskman an overnight Internet sensation. But it also cost the 50-year-old marketing executive her job at Akima LLC, a U.S. government contracting firm.
No worries. A week after giving the president the finger and finding herself out of work, Ms. Briskman has now received 453,678 job offers (and counting) from employers large and small, from every state in the union.
Shes my she-ro, said Lucy Clementori, who owns a chain of fitness centers throughout the Southwest and promised to hire Ms. Briskman, sight unseen. She can take over our spin classes and teach everyone that great presidential salute!
I like how conservatives think they're such job creators as if there aren't millions of liberal business owners and employers all over America. Many of whom believe the dotard is a shit stain soiling the office of president.
dalton99a
(81,707 posts)lostnfound
(16,203 posts)irisblue
(33,056 posts)IronLionZion
(45,644 posts)lostnfound
(16,203 posts)I personally don't like sharing something in real life I've read on here only to discover I was being clueless.
It was amusing and had a grain of truth.
bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)bluecollar2
(3,622 posts)I hope she gets an offer that works for her.
lostnfound
(16,203 posts)Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)for having the courage to demonstrate a fundamental truth.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,520 posts)johnp3907
(3,736 posts)IronLionZion
(45,644 posts)happiness is a choice!
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,520 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)Lol.
progressoid
(50,020 posts)kpete
(72,046 posts)on a very glorious cake
Thanks, I was waiting for this,
kp
But you probably knew that.
Snake Plissken
(4,103 posts)She has passion and her heart is in the right place.
IronLionZion
(45,644 posts)lostnfound
(16,203 posts)IronLionZion
(45,644 posts)Only the number of job offers is satire. She really did get some job offers.
Dems won big even in rural areas and local elections. The resistance is real.
lostnfound
(16,203 posts)Satire is part of the resistance. Among my favorite parts, as a matter of fact.
Deb
(3,742 posts)The kitchen table crowd has been thinking about her.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)You spoke for the majority of us!! No words needed, just a simple sign.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,520 posts)johnp3907
(3,736 posts)These kind of threads crack me up!
treestar
(82,383 posts)At any rate, I think she will get something else.
IronLionZion
(45,644 posts)who would always need an experienced marketing executive with passionate beliefs. There are plenty in the greater DC area
maxrandb
(15,393 posts)that the entire past year has been "satire"
onlyadream
(2,168 posts)It says all you need to know about them as a person. thank you, Trump, for this litmus test, as it will save me a lot of time and aggravation.
True Blue American
(17,996 posts)Win every time.
Here in Ohio Democrats took 5 seats in Warren County.
A Rob Portman and John Boehner area.
Portman because his family owns the Golden Lamb.
https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/34234
Boehner lives in Westchester.
Sunsky
(1,737 posts)I would've thought this was real. Oh the days of Trump, where the line between satirical and real news has become almost non-existent.
JNelson6563
(28,151 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)The idiots are always saying crap like we are at marches because we are unemployed.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)True Blue American
(17,996 posts)Lenoir City?
Congratulations, big time!
We won 5 seats in Rob Portmans area. Warren County! Never before!
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Ms Briskman flipped off Turd in Loudoun County VA, which went for Ralph Northam by 20 points yesterday. Turd unfortunately has a golf course here.
True Blue American
(17,996 posts)I tried to delete,realized it was wrong State.
Loudon Dam,Oak Ridge,Lenoir City,home of my in laws.
I was the little Yankee in the family.
IronLionZion
(45,644 posts)She really did get job offers, Go Fund Me donations, and thousands more twitter followers. She's made quite a splash. And she wants to pursue a career advocating for women's rights so contacts in that field have been reaching out to her.
These are crazy times. Truth is often very close to satire these days. Keep on keeping on.
dalton99a
(81,707 posts)Ilsa
(61,712 posts)And that govt contractor can go sit on a cactus bush.
Sunsky
(1,737 posts)She's one awesome lady.
Gothmog
(145,894 posts)shenmue
(38,506 posts)onetexan
(13,080 posts)She can take over our spin classes and teach everyone that great presidential salute!
Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)onecent
(6,096 posts)nolabear
(42,004 posts)Getting up out of our beds of pain, straightening our aching backs, blinking up at the sun and TAKING OUR GODDAMB COUNTRY BACK!
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)wolfie001
(2,312 posts)In the Harry Truman tradition! Kudos to her!
bdamomma
(63,962 posts)she is being rewarded for doing a gooooooooooooooood deed!!!!
Bengus81
(6,938 posts)Free speech,nah...not when it comes to that kind of CASH. She doesn't need them or their Trump ass kissing.
"Ms. Briskman an overnight Internet sensation. But it also cost the 50-year-old marketing executive her job at Akima LLC, a U.S. government contracting firm."
Mme. Defarge
(8,063 posts)THE GREAT WHITE DOPE!
This is why Im proud to be an American.
geardaddy
(24,933 posts)I might have to start flipping off Gooper politicians!
geardaddy
(24,933 posts)whathehell
(29,110 posts)RKP5637
(67,112 posts)whopis01
(3,534 posts)Because that sounds like a position that is desperately needed right now.
Bayard
(22,233 posts)She could have been an assassin on a bike, instead of a patriot.
Think anyone showed the prez this photo?
IronLionZion
(45,644 posts)wondering if any of his family saw me waving and smiling.
They use multiple motorcades and each one has multiple vehicles so an assassin wouldn't know which one.
I'm sure a lot of liberals have tweeted the photo to him as he wonders why no one likes him
liquid diamond
(1,917 posts)MFM008
(19,836 posts)But she will find another job and soon.
lpbk2713
(42,774 posts)And piss on whoever reported her.
And most especially ... piss on Trump, the incompetent loser moron.
peacebuzzard
(5,184 posts)I love the cycling signals sign!
bucolic_frolic
(43,490 posts)"Will flip off Trump for a Job"
IronLionZion
(45,644 posts)Loyd
(309 posts)Doreen
(11,686 posts)flipping the prez off.
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,776 posts)And thankful to her for "greeting the president" for us!
SergeStorms
(19,205 posts)I thought every business owner - big and small - in the United States loved our great, most bestest, magnificent and stupendous Preznit?
Maybe not, huh? I still think if she had a good Attorney she could end up owning the company that fired her. They totally over-stepped their authority.
IronLionZion
(45,644 posts)People get fired with no notice and for no reason at all. Simply because a contract is ending soon and the company would like to keep more profit from a fixed price contract by not paying employees and let some of them go. These jobs are very temporary and short term, often for just a few months at a time. It's happened to me many times.