I would if their political opinions prevented them from giving fact based answers (and I don't give a crap about the LLM part) I would have trouble hiring someone who was super pro-maga given the reality distortion field they live in.

They started asking candidates to say Kim Jong Un is fat already anyway.

No, but I do not hire engineers based on their political opinions. It's a negative criterion, not one for positive selection. Via Negativa ftw!

Yes, we don’t hire neonazis.