Restaurant Owner Who Banned ‘MAGA’ Hats Apologizes for ‘Reckless’ Statement

A Make America Great Again, or "MAGA," hat, on Jan. 22, 2019. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

A California restaurant owner who compared “Make America Great Again” hats to swastikas and Klu Klux Klan hoods has apologized for his “disrespectful and reckless” statement.

J. Kenji Lopez-Alt said in a Jan. 25 statement that any customers wearing the hats, known as “MAGA” hats, wouldn’t receive service.