Why? Barbers and cab drivers can be political idiots, but doctors can’t? So long as he doesn’t deliberately harm a patient, he has a constitutional right to be a leftist, racist pig with a big fat mouth. But it makes for bad mayors.
In a word, no. If this is how said individual feels or publicly reacts, it seriously calls into question how he performs his duties as a physician. Since many people feel that the best way to deal with a Klansman is to kill them, if this person has any Republican patients (and where he lives, it is a GOP county), he could be putting their lives and any treatment at risk.
If I were a patient of his, knowing how he regards politically sane people, I would be extraordinarily suspect and worried about his “care.” I absolutely believe it’s enough to warrant investigation and a suspension or loss of his medical license. Same goes for that deranged nurse from Florida we discussed last week.
It’s a substantial difference of a medical worker vs. a barber or cab driver.