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Former D.C. mayor Adrian Fenty made an appearance on MSNBC’s Morning Joe program this morning. So what did the former mayor have on his mind? Was he there to talk about the various scandals which have been uncovered since his successor, Vince Gray, came into office in January? Was he there to chat about the Navigators? Sulaimon Brown? The University of the District of Columbia? The impending appointment of Kaya Henderson? Well, no, he wasn’t there to talk about any of that. (Though one has to admit that the wry grin on Fenty’s face when host Mika Brzezinski asked him what was going on with him of late served as his comment on those matters.) But if you were pining for the former mayor’s viewpoint on the labor struggle in Wisconsin and the potential Presidential runs of Newt Gingrich and Donald Trump, well, this was the interview you’ve been waiting for.

Turns out, Fenty is siding with Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, who’s come under immense pressure for proposing a budget which would overhaul collective bargaining rights for unionized workers. Fenty said that Walker’s situation was “kind of what I faced in four years as mayor,” and that he didn’t “understand why the legislature has been given this pass to go to another state and not do what they were sworn to do, and that’s to take a vote.”

“Most governors and mayors would love to be able to manage their team without the interference of collective bargaining,” Fenty added. “I think a lot of these collective bargaining agreements are completely outdated.”

Of course, Fenty spent a large amount of time during his tenure as mayor fighting with big labor organizations like the Washington Teachers’ Union and the Fraternal Order of Police, both of which wholeheartedly backed Gray during last year’s campaign.