Opinion of employer firing employee for participating in Trump DC protest without violating the law

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49 states are at-will employment states. Legally they can be fired for any reason that isn’t a protected class violation.

Typically this is not something that people in the ostensibly pro-worker party celebrate.

One, I’m describing reality not taking a stance. Two, “pro-worker” sometimes means making sure an employee isn’t making his co-workers uncomfortable.

This is not for the employer to decide.

That said...

It's just the mask being pulled back. The left hasn't been "pro-worker" for quite a while.

If by the left you mean the Democratic Party, it is the less anti-worker of the two parties and its current political movements are hardly "going mask off." In recent history, it probably moved the most against workers under the Clinton administration.

[TiltsAreUnderrated]

Anyone who participated in this should be in prison. Failing that, unemployed and destitute is an acceptable compromise.

Sad to see all the little authoritarians in this thread who want the government to force private employers to employee seditionists and traitors.

It's authoritarian to suggest employers should decide who seditionists and traitors are (amongst their employees). They will misuse that power and it is even less accountable than the government's.

[TiltsAreUnderrated]

If their job requires them to operate autonomously from authority and engage in critical thinking, going to a "stop the steal" protest would seem to be strong indicators against those skills in both regards.

Also

If the employee's actions being there (regardless of "where exactly" the employee was) is causing a huge distraction (problems) to running of the business, then the employee should be let-go.

If you look at the percentages of people who believe in moronic conspiracy theories about the moon landing, the Holocaust and so on, you’ll find this principle unsustainable. There are a lot of people who are capable of doing decent jobs while failing to engage their brains in politics - in fact, the vast majority of people do this, albeit to a lesser extent than Qanoners in most cases.