“Now I’m a disenchanted Democrat,” he said. “This was my first job after graduating, [the Democrats] don’t care about my situation, they don’t care to know who I am.”
Colorado state Senator Irene Aguilar
A recent college graduate and aide to Colorado state Senator Irene Aguilar was fired from his job because he visited the office of a friend who worked for a Republican.
Tyler Drum, who graduated from Colorado State University last year, told Campus Reform that his friendship with Republicans made Sen. Aguilar uncomfortable, though she did not formally give a reason for his firing.
“Partisanship runs much deeper than I thought,” he said in an interview with Campus Reform. “I thought this would happen on the Republican side.”
Drum, now unemployed, has lost some of his faith in the Democratic Party.
“Now I’m a disenchanted Democrat,” he said. “This was my first job after graduating, [the Democrats] don’t care about my situation, they don’t care to know who I am.”
On her Facebook page, however, she tersely disputed the charge. When asked by another Facebook user whether Drum was fired for having a Republican friend, she replied: “No.” When asked whether the news story was true, she said only that it was: “Distorted.”
In an interview with The Daily Caller, Drum confirmed Campus Reform’s account of the tale, giving additional context that made the firing seem even less justified.
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