A black guy wearing a red MAGA hat was told to leave a popular gift shop in downtown Portland, Oregon because of his politics. The investigative journalist Andy Ngo was the first to report on the controversy.
The gift shop is called Stumptown Otaku – and its owned by a woke activist. The other day a staffer got triggered by the patriotic guy’s hat.
“One of my staff messaged me to say a man wearing a MAGA hat had come in and that both some customers and staff felt visibly uncomfortable,” the store’s owner wrote on Instagram.
“They could politely ask him to remove the hate, and if he declined, they could let him know we reserve the right to refuse service. The man chose not to remove the hat and ultimately left peacefully after a brief exchange,” the owner wrote.
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The gift shop posted a photo of the incident on its social media pages and proudly announced that the man customer was not only told to leave – but was also permanently banished. And there’s a sign posted saying anyone who supports President Trump is not welcome to shop at the store.
Stumptown later posted a message announcing that they will unapologetically kick out any MAGA “racist” that threatens their safe space.
“We will unapologetically kick out any MAGA racist that threatened our safe space,” the owner wrote on social media.
But critics pointed out that it’s racist to ban a customers from shopping just because of their skin color. And that narrative really triggered the far-left owner.
“Let me be absolutely clear: this was never about race,” the owner said. “We did not, and would never, ask someone to leave because of the color of their skin. Any narrative suggesting we targeted a black m an is false – and frankly – harmful.”
Harmful to their bottom line, I would imagine.
“The decision made was based solely on the discomfort created by the political messaging on the hat – not the identity of the person wearing it,” the owner said.
So, was the store owner more triggered by the color of the hat or the customer?