*The grocery store cook who lost his job over a face-to-face tiff with North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) has no ill-will toward his former employer. In a phone interview Tuesday with TPM, Drew Swope said he has no hard feelings toward Reid’s Fine Foods, the gourmet grocery store in Charlotte, or the boss who fired him after the incident with McCrory. “It’s a worker’s paradise, really,” Swope said. “It’s a great spot.” Swope also said in a Facebook post on Sunday that Reid’s “is the best grocer in the city” and that its employees are “treated fairly.” But the 45-year-old hasn’t been similarly forgiving of the governor. Since his firing on Sunday, Swope’s Facebook page has been littered with supportive messages from friends and vitriol directed at McCrory…* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
*Read more here from Tom Kludt / TPM: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/drew-swope-interview-pat-mccrory