A man who threw a drink in the face of a teenager and stole his Make America Great Again hat has been fired from his job at a Texas bar.
Hunter Richard, 16, was at a San Antonio Whataburger fast food resaurant early in the morning on July 4 with two of his friends when a man approached the table, stole Richard’s hat, took a drink from the table a threw it into Richard’s face. He then walked away with the hat, saying it will end up in his fireplace while cursing and calling the teenager names.
The red “MAGA” hat sports a campaign slogan of President Donald Trump and has become a signature apparel of some of his supporters.
Richard told Fox 29 the man pulled some of his hair when stealing the hat.
Later that day, the man was arrested, police said.
A local bar posted a comment on its Facebook page saying the man worked for it part-time and was fired upon the video’s surfacing “as his actions go against everything that this establishment stands for.”
The bar appears to have since taken down its Facebook page. Its phone number appears to have been taken off its website too.
Whataburger distanced itself from the man’s actions and said none of its employees were involved in the incident.
Both Richard’s mother and one of his friends said the incident was unprovoked.