HOOTERS WAITRESS REFUSES TO SERVE TRUMP SUPPORTER

‘MAGA’ hat sparks incident at popular restaurant

YouTube personality Tommy Sotomayor says a Hooters waitress denied him service because of his support for President Trump (Screenshot YouTube)

A popular YouTube personality claimed a waitress at a Hooters restaurant refused to serve him after he, wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat, acknowledged he was a supporter of President Trump and his signature slogan.

Tommy Sotomayor of Scottsdale, Arizona, posted a video Jan. 13 presenting his account of the incident moments after it happened, reported NTD TV on its website.

“Alright, ladies and gentlemen, I want to point something out to ya’ll. Can I get all ya’lls’ attention for a second? Ya’ll see that young lady right there,” he said.

“That’s Shay. She’s the waitress for Hooters. Shay walked up to me, saw my hat and said, ‘Are you a Trump supporter?”

When Sotomayor replied that he had voted for Trump, the waitress left without taking the order, he said.

“All I wanted to show ya’ll is that most of the time when ya’ll see me doing these videos, you think I’m making [expletive] up. I’m not. This is real world stuff.”

(WARNING: Some obscenities can be heard in the video):

Sotomayor said he informed the restaurant manager of the waitress’s behavior, and the manager asked her to join them for a conversation.

“Shay, I would wear that hat, why are you making fun of that hat?” the manager asked her.

“I didn’t make fun of your hat,” Shay told Sotomayor. “I said, ‘Are you a Trump supporter?’ That’s it. All I asked was one question.”

The manager later told Sotomayor he’s a “big Trump supporter” and promised to “pull her aside and have a little talk with her.”

Near the end of the video, Sotomayor said: “Your hat should not make a person decide that they’re not going to do their job.”