Woman fired for flipping off Trump's motorcade gets nearly $60k in crowdfunding support

Mark Frauenfelder 8:30 am Mon Nov 13, 2017

A man named Ron Mello has set up a GoFundMe account to help support Juli Briskman after she was fired for showing Trump her middle finger. As of 13 November at 8:20am PT, $57,860 has been pledged.

As you'll recall, the 50 year old Briskman was riding her bike alongside Trump's motorcade last week and she took the opportunity to express her feelings for Trump by flipping off the vehicles as they passed. After she posted a photo of herself to facebook, her employer, Akima LCC fired her. "She said that after the image surfaced her bosses informed her she had breached the company’s social media policy because she made the photo her profile picture," reports The Independent.

Lone cyclist responds to @POTUS motorcade shortly after departing Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va. (Photo: @b_smialowski/@AFP) pic.twitter.com/MKM1kVIyTY

— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) October 29, 2017

Support the First Amendment #JuliBriskman #MyHero pic.twitter.com/Wl6gO3Iqvj

— Victoria Sage (@Sagewomon) November 6, 2017

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