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9-year-old Boy Banned From Wearing
Donald Trump Hat 'Make America Great Again' to School; But He Refuses to Take It Off
LOGAN AUTRY'S CONSERVATIVE SPEECH
Published on Jun 3, 2016
Elementary school tells student to remove Trump hat School says no to student's Trump hat.
Fresno, Calif. A Fresno Unified student's Donald Trump hat is surrounded in controversy.
"It's my favorite hat," said third grader Logan Autry. "The First Amendment says I can wear my hat."
But his red hat, reading "Make America Great Again", has caused problems for Logan.
"They told me to take my hat off because it brings negative emotions to the other children who don't like him," said Logan.
Logan said Thursday school officials at Powers-Ginsburg Elementary School told him to take his Donald Trump hat off due to safety concerns after other students confronted him.
"They were saying they didn't like Trump, they were saying he was stupid," said Logan. "I had to explain to them what Donald Trump was actually doing."
Logan may be Trump's biggest "little" fan. He said he wants to be a politician when he grows up and even pretends to be one now.
He attended the Trump rally in downtown Fresno with his uncle on May 27.
"He supports Trump even at his age," said Logan's uncle Zacc Autry. "He knows a lot about politics."
Logan's uncle said they took him out of school because of the controversy Thursday. He didn't think that was fair.
"They should be able to let kids freely express themselves without the fear of being beat up or harassed or bullied," said his uncle.
According to district code, hats are permitted outside of the classroom but if they become a distraction, they can ask students to not wear them.
"I still said no I am not taking it off and I said no," said Logan. "Then the principal told me to take it off but I still said no."
Logan thought the hat wasn't distracting enough to the point that he needed to take it off.
The district released a statement which said "our job as educators is to facilitate a safe learning environment where we encourage robust conversations of diverse and thoughts. We are proud that in this case, our school achieved that goal by allowing the student to wear his hat for several days. However, it is also our responsibility to take precautions when the discourse begins to impact our school climate and interrupt school operations."
The last day for the school is June 9 and Logan said he plans to keep wearing his hat.
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SCHOOL BARS 9-YEAR-OLD FROM WEARING ‘MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN’ HAT
Child refused to remove hat when confronted by vice principal, principal
BY ADAN SALAZAR
SEE: http://www.infowars.com/school-bans-9-year-olds-make-america-great-again-hat/; republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
A school in California barred a 9-year-old child from wearing presidential candidate Donald Trump’s trademark red hat, featuring the words “Make America Great Again.”
The Powers-Ginsburg Elementary School in Fresno sent third grader Logan Autry home Thursday claiming the student’s hat – which he’d worn three days in a row – created a safety concern.
“The vice principal came up to me and told me to take my hat off because it brings negative attention from other students. And I said, ‘No,’ a few times, and then the principal told me again, and I still said, ‘No,’ and refused,” Autry told reporters.
Autry’s guardian, Angela Hoffknecht, told ABC30.com the boy has been closely following the 2016 election and is pretty knowledgeable for a kid.
“He knows more than I do,” Hoffknecht said. “He knows more about this election than I know, it’s kind of embarrassing. You know, like ‘are you smarter than a third grader’ kinda thing. But he is just very adamant about his beliefs and his rights. He wants to be a politician. That’s his goal.”
For his part, Autry – who studies politics and American history – has been touting the presumptive Republican nominee’s talking points on the playground to other children, leading to several confrontations.
“I’ve told them his policies on illegal immigration, and our Second Amendment, and our First Amendment and all of our amendments that need to be protected which are not going to be an amendment at all if Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders gets elected,” Autry described.
Autry says he obtained his $20 hat last week when he skipped school to attend a nearby Trump rally.
The boy, like many, is impressed by Trump’s rhetoric and his straight shooting: “He doesn’t speak like a politician. He speaks like a normal person. He knows what this country needs.”
The third grader says he met Trump at the rally, got his hat autographed, and even got to touch the billionaire’s hair.
“I got to shake his hand and I felt his hair too, and it’s actually real. On the TV it looks not real, but it like, has a blur but when you see it in real life it looks a lot different.”
School administrators claim they’re concerned with Autry’s safety as well as other children’s – likely an accurate assessment given the violence seen from anti-Trump protesters in recent weeks.
The boy’s guardian says she’s been trying to get Autry to wear a different hat, like one with an American flag, to no avail.
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