A man attacked a stranger in a convenience store and broke his teeth—simply because he was wearing a MAGA hat.
Robert Yott, 60, was arrested following the assault, which took place at Tops Friendly Markets in Bath, New York, on Friday.
According to local police, Yott became aggressive when he saw the man wearing a Trump 2024 hat. He punched the man in the mouth and head multiple times, breaking his teeth. The two men had never met before.
Yott was charged with second-degree assault (a class D felony) and fourth-degree criminal mischief (a class A misdemeanor).
After his arrest, Yott was taken to the Steuben County Jail to await arraignment. He is currently being held without bail.
The assault is yet another example of what happens when you demonise and dehumanise your political opponents as savagely and consistently as the left has demonised and dehumanised Donald Trump and the MAGA movement.
In recent weeks, attacks on Trump and his supporters have intensified, with familiar slurs like “Nazis” and “garbage” being hurled by Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Gavin Newsom and other prominent Democrats.
Hillary Clinton, for example, suggested that Trump’s huge Madison Square Garden rally was a direct reenactment of the 1939 German American Bund rally held there, in support of Hitler and the National Socialists.
Trump, his family and running-mate, JD Vance, have all accused the Democrats and the media of creating an environment in which violence against the former and president and his supporters, including multiple assassination attempts against Trump himself, can be justified and even encouraged.
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