Townhall
Notebook Staff
July 13, 2018
Editor's Note: This piece was co-authored by Erika Haas and Micah Rate.Four Congressional interns, who were selected as part of GOP Rep. Ken Buck's (CO-4) Diversity Internship Program which seeks to place African-American interns in Republican offices around Capitol Hill, were kicked out of an Uber ride Tuesday night because half of their party was carrying "Make America Great Again" hats.
Matthew Handy (a 20-year-old intern for Rep. Michael Bost [IL-12]), Elijah Allison (an intern for Rep. Ken Buck), Adria Barrington (a 33-year-old intern for Rep. David Schweikert [AZ-6]) and one other, entered an Uber hoping for a quick ride to a monthly MAGA meet-up at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. However, the driver immediately noticed Matthew's and Elijah's red hats--and he didn't take too kindly to them.
According to a recount of the story from the passengers, the driver looked in his rearview mirror and asked the young men, "Is that a Make America Great Again Hat?"
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https://townhall.com/notebook/notebookstaff/2018/07/13/heres-why-four-republican-interns-were-kicked-out-of-an-uber-headed-to-trump-hot-n2500114I hope they didn't display the MAGA hats on the D.C. Metro.
