California woman kicked after telling MAGA hat wearing the man at Starbucks
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A woman who confronted a man with a Make America Great Again hat this week at a Starbucks in California has been fired, according to the employer.
The woman, identified by local news as Rebecca Mankey, was terminated from Gryphon Stringed Instruments after posting on social media about the incident. After seeing someone wearing the hat, a hallmark of President Donald Trump's administration, "she shouted to him how it was ok to hate brown people" and threatened "to shame him in the city and try to get him kicked. "page-shared posts, according to KTVU.
"Gryphon doesn't think anyone should be bothered or exposed to hate speech, whatever their beliefs," said the music store in a Facebook post. "We would like to make it clear that opinions expressed and actions taken by employees are not indicative of how we operate in the store, and we hope we can continue to serve our customers across the country respectfully and universally as we have done in nearly 50 year. "[19659005] Patriotic or racist?: Trump's Make America Great Again hats have become a hot-button problem
Owner Richard Johnston told the United States today by email that" everyone at Gryphon will just go ahead and get ck to what we do best, which are musical instruments and playing music. "
Palo Alto Weekly reported that Mankey called the 74-year-old Jewish man" Nazi Scum "and sent his picture on Twitter and asked for help identifying him. The man, who was only identified as Victor by NBC News, described the incident and expressed anger that it resulted in the firing.
"This woman comes over and she says," Is it a drumhole? "I said," I think that's, yes. "And then she turned to the rest of the crowd, the people of Starbucks and said," Hey, everyone! Come here! Let's get this guy! He's a hate! I'll call him out! He hates brown people. He is a Nazi, he said to the station.
Mankek's post killed criticism among high scores and Palo Alto Weekly reported that Mankey and her family have been online death risk.
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