How wearing a Bernie Sanders onesie affected this man’s business
How wearing a Bernie Sanders onesie affected this man’s business
Many companies are reporting higher tension in the workplace due to this year’s presidential election. One employee who isn’t a stranger to contentious political conversations: Chris Porter, a nurse practitioner in Seattle.
He said that his political leanings have become an issue in the examining room. Porter is involved in Washington state’s Democratic Party and has a role as an executive board member in his area’s legislative district.
According to Porter, some patients drifted away from his practice after a picture of him in a Bernie Sanders onesie appeared in a series of publications.
Click the above audio player to hear Porter on the election’s effect on his practice.
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