Man Walks into a Bar, Gets Assaulted over his MAGA Hat

This sounds like a joke, except that it isn’t funny.

A conservative named Luke Lenznerwalked into a bar wearing a Make America Great Again hat.  He was taking his wife out on a date to an Oregon bar called Growler’s Taproom, but it didn’t turn out as romantic as he had hoped.

Right before the bar closed, outside the patio area, some people assaulted him over his red hat. Here’s the story:

“I got mobbed by everybody that was in that bar outside. People came from the inside out – just circled me and my wife,” said Lenzner.

Security camera footage provided by the bar shows the couple did try and make their way in, but it doesn’t appear to be very busy. In fact, bar staff say they were already done serving for the night and that they told the couple they were closing.

Lenzner attests that things escalated between people outside the bar. That’s when police say 22-year-old Leopold A. Hauser and 23-year-old Adebisi A. Okuneye assaulted Lenzner and his wife.

“Surrounding me, like literally surrounding me, pushing me. I’m just trying to get through, trying to stop the person from hitting me, from taking my hat, and then I get sucker punched,” Lenzner told FOX 12.

Hauser and Okuneye had left before police arrived, but Lenzner was able to give them a license plate number.

The suspects were arrested a few blocks away.

Both Hauser and Okuneye were booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center on charges of third-degree assault. They were arraigned Monday.

I’ve written about these types of assaults before, and I won’t stop writing about them.  It is a shame that this happens in the United States of America.  People should be able to support whatever candidate they want.  

If you disagree with that choice, feel free to say so.

It sounds like I should be talking to toddlers, but “use your words, not your fists.”

Or, better yet, just let people enjoy their meal.  We are Americans.  We don’t have to hate each other and we don’t have to inject politics into every moment of our lives.

I can guarantee this: MAGA hat wearers refuse to be the cultural punchline.

Image Credit: r. nial bradshaw on Flickr

Hat Tip: KPTV