Politics & Government
Woman Flipped Trump The Bird, Then She Faced Her Boss
Juli Briskman told her company about the gesture.

A woman who was photographed flipping off the presidential motorcade as it rolled past in Northern Virginia last month has been fired from her job, according to a report.
The Washington Post reports that Juli Briskman informed her bosses at Akima LLC, a government contracting firm, that she was the unidentified cyclist depicted in the photo. They promptly fired her and escorted her out of the building.
“I wasn’t even at work when I did that,” Briskman reportedly said. “But they told me I violated the code of conduct policy.”
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Briskman was fired under the company's social media policy, but she wasn't wearing anything associated with the company nor did she identify herself as the individual on her social media accounts. Also, she supposedly found a public comment by a senior director at the company in a Facebook discussion on Black Lives Matter where he says: "You’re a f------ Libtard a------," the Post reported.
The pool report documenting the incident noted that as the motorcade departed the golf club at 3:12 p.m. on Oct. 28, it first passed two pedestrians, one of whom gave a thumbs-down sign. The motorcade then overtook the female cyclist who responded by giving the middle finger. The cyclist caught up with the motorcade, which had slowed down, and once again offered the finger before she turned off in a different direction.
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Even when Trump arrived at the golf club earlier in the day, he was met by a lone protester who stood at the entrance of golf course with a sign that said "Impeach." There is even photographic proof showing both the woman on the bike and the lone protester who crossed paths with the president on Saturday.
Trump, who routinely criticized his predecessor, President Obama, for spending too much of his time in office on the links, has spent more time golfing than Obama, according to Politifact. As of Oct. 10, NBC News, which is tracking Trump's visits to his properties, found that Trump has visited Trump golf properties on 76 of his 282 days in office.
A woman on a bike gestures as the motorcade with US President Donald Trump departs Trump National Golf Course in Sterling, Virginia pic.twitter.com/sPhxzAaqAZ
— AFP news agency (@AFP) October 29, 2017
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Additional reporting by Feroze Dhanoa
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