Staten Island Home Depot worker wears ‘America Was Never Great’ hat, drawing outrage and death threats
BY Reuven Blau
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Updated: Wednesday, May 18, 2016, 9:45 PM
A Staten Island Home Depot staffer became the center of a social media storm — and received death threats — after a photo of her wearing a hat saying “America Was Never Great” surfaced on the web.
Krystal Lake, 22, was seen with the white hat at her Sunday morning shift at Home Depot in Mariners Harbor, according to the Staten Island Advance, which first reported the story.
Krystal Lake, 22, wore a hat with the written phrase "America Was Never Great" while on her morning shift at Home Depot.
(via Twitter)
“The point of the hat was to say America needs changing and improvement,” Lake told the Advance. “I don't think it's a positive message to say, ‘Let's look to the past.’ ”
The hat was mocking GOP presumptive presidential Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" slogan and red hat.
Lake, a Bernie Sanders backer, said she plans to wear the hat again, despite getting death threats and other nasty missives.
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The hat is a reference to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" slogan.
(Elaine Thompson/AP)
She put it on to contrast some of the pro-Trump paraphernalia she has seen in the Republican-heavy Staten Island.
"Trump is very rash and in your face, but when someone else has a message against him, his supporters can't take the criticisms," she told the Advance.
Lake, who is black, has gotten lots of hate messages.
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Krystal Lake said she has received racist messages for wearing the anti-Trump hat.
(silive.com)
"People have been saying really racist things to me and that they're going to come and find me and that what I said is disgraceful and I hate America — but I don't hate America," she said.
"I know there are a lot of opportunities here," Lake added. "I just wish we would worry about making America better — not ‘great again.’”
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BY Reuven Blau
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Updated: Wednesday, May 18, 2016, 9:45 PM
A Staten Island Home Depot staffer became the center of a social media storm — and received death threats — after a photo of her wearing a hat saying “America Was Never Great” surfaced on the web.
Krystal Lake, 22, was seen with the white hat at her Sunday morning shift at Home Depot in Mariners Harbor, according to the Staten Island Advance, which first reported the story.
Krystal Lake, 22, wore a hat with the written phrase "America Was Never Great" while on her morning shift at Home Depot.
(via Twitter)
“The point of the hat was to say America needs changing and improvement,” Lake told the Advance. “I don't think it's a positive message to say, ‘Let's look to the past.’ ”
The hat was mocking GOP presumptive presidential Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" slogan and red hat.
Lake, a Bernie Sanders backer, said she plans to wear the hat again, despite getting death threats and other nasty missives.
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The hat is a reference to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" slogan.
(Elaine Thompson/AP)
She put it on to contrast some of the pro-Trump paraphernalia she has seen in the Republican-heavy Staten Island.
"Trump is very rash and in your face, but when someone else has a message against him, his supporters can't take the criticisms," she told the Advance.
Lake, who is black, has gotten lots of hate messages.
Trump, Clinton both fewer than 100 delegates shy of securing noms
Krystal Lake said she has received racist messages for wearing the anti-Trump hat.
(silive.com)
"People have been saying really racist things to me and that they're going to come and find me and that what I said is disgraceful and I hate America — but I don't hate America," she said.
"I know there are a lot of opportunities here," Lake added. "I just wish we would worry about making America better — not ‘great again.’”
