California Bill: International Socialist Workers' Day, or "May Day"

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Fox News on Twitter: "'This Is Insane': Ca. Bill Would Replace Lincoln or Washington's Birthday With 'May Day'

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Devin Nunes on Twitter: "This is not the Onion...this is really happening in CA...
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A California assemblyman vehemently argued against a bill that would adopt International Workers’ Day as a paid holiday.

"Are we in competition to become the laughingstock of the United States?" Assemblyman Matthew Harper (R) asked. "This is ridiculous. This is insane."

The bill would subsequently get rid of either George Washington or Abraham Lincoln's birthday as a holiday and designate May 1 as “International Workers’ Day."

International Socialist Workers' Day, or "May Day" had been observed in countries under Communist rule and was an official holiday of the Soviet Union.

"Seriously, the substitution of adding International Socialist Workers' Day? May Day? The day of parades in the Soviet Union?" Harper said.

"I'm aghast that a bill like this would be able to get through committee.”

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or charter school designates May 1 as “International Workers’ Day” and closes its school, or schools, as applicable, on the Monday or Friday of the week in which May 1 occurs to observe “International Workers’ Day.” The bill would require schools that elect to observe “Presidents’ Day” and “International Workers’ Day,” pursuant to the bill’s provisions, to hold exercises in memory of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington and to commemorate and direct attention to the history of labor movements in the United States.

ASSEMBLY BILL No. 3042

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