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California high school student suspended after MAGA hat he wore to honor Charlie Kirk was stolen, sparking dispute
New York Post ^ | Sep. 22, 2025 | Kristine Parks,

Posted on 09/22/2025 4:34:32 PM PDT by nickcarraway

An Orange County, California, high school student said he was suspended after his “Make America Great Again” hat was stolen, sparking a political argument with another student.

Laguna Beach High School student Zach Hornstein told Fox News Digital that he and several friends wore MAGA hats on Sept. 11 to honor Charlie Kirk, the Turning Point USA co-founder who was shot and killed during a speaking event at a Utah college campus the day before. His death really affected us,” Hornstein said. “I may not agree with everything he says, but I appreciate that he encourages students to think critically, consider both sides, and engage in honest discussions. My mom is an immigrant, and I was brought up to love America. On Sept. 11, I wanted to feel patriotic and show my support for our country as a whole.”

At the end of the school day, Hornstein said, a female student grabbed his hat and threw it in the girls’ bathroom trash can. A political argument followed, during which the student used profanity when speaking about President Donald Trump, according to KTTV-TV, Fox 11 Los Angeles.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: california; charliekirk; jasonallemann; lagunabeachhs; principalallemann
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1 posted on 09/22/2025 4:34:32 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Article is disheartening. The victim and his family still want to play nice with those leftist thugs running that school. Mom and son need to wake up, those administrators hate your guts and want to hurt you.


2 posted on 09/22/2025 4:42:35 PM PDT by RightOnTheBorder
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Taking a hat off someone’s head and essentially stealing it is a felony. Strong armed robbery, assault and battery. The girl should be jailed.


3 posted on 09/22/2025 4:45:19 PM PDT by P-Marlowe
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Taking a hat off someone’s head and essentially stealing it is a felony. Strong armed robbery, assault and battery. The girl should be jailed.


No, this is in upside down world, Commiefornia.

So, the victim of robbery is punished.


4 posted on 09/22/2025 4:46:56 PM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: nickcarraway

Lol, a friend of mine was doing a traffic reports for an a.m. radio station back in the early to mid 80s? He got in trouble and suspended for a time, when he reported on traffic, that there were more rear enders than Laguna Beach on a Saturday night.


5 posted on 09/22/2025 4:49:21 PM PDT by Yogafist
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To: nickcarraway

Punish the victim of the robbery.


6 posted on 09/22/2025 4:52:03 PM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn’t become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: Jane Long

Today, I say, “Steal her left tit, she deserves it!”

THAT IS, OF COURSE, “TIT FOR HAT!!!!”


7 posted on 09/22/2025 4:54:11 PM PDT by BatGuano (If only tears could bring Charlie Kirk back.)
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To: P-Marlowe

They wouldn’t jail a minor for this. And I imagine it’s a first time offense.


8 posted on 09/22/2025 4:54:43 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: BatGuano

PS, I would not retrieve any item that was thrown into any girls trash can!
Girls have “cooties,” and that is enough to keep me away from them there things. (My life long MOTTO!)


9 posted on 09/22/2025 5:01:23 PM PDT by BatGuano (If only tears could bring Charlie Kirk back.)
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To: nickcarraway

His property gets stolen and he gets suspended. Ca is a no go zone


10 posted on 09/22/2025 5:17:27 PM PDT by iamgalt
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To: nickcarraway

Tell a kid he’s not allowed to do something is the best way to make him want to do something.


11 posted on 09/22/2025 5:19:44 PM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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Demonrat ‘reasoning’:

He was being an instigator. He should have known not to wear a MAGA hat in New York. He’s lucky they didn’t kick him out for the year!

The insanity of the left knows no bounds.


12 posted on 09/22/2025 5:33:46 PM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian (All we need is 177k signatures to get a referendum on freedom in Alberta!)
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Oops. CA, NY, same leftist idiocy.


13 posted on 09/22/2025 5:35:16 PM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian (All we need is 177k signatures to get a referendum on freedom in Alberta!)
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To: RightOnTheBorder
At the end of the school day, Hornstein said, a female next Tuesday student grabbed his hat and threw it in the girls’ bathroom trash can.

fixed it

14 posted on 09/22/2025 6:03:14 PM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: nickcarraway

Well the left spouting “free speech” still doesn’t apply to everyone.


15 posted on 09/22/2025 6:18:00 PM PDT by midwest_hiker
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At the end of the school day, Hornstein said, a female student grabbed his hat and threw it in the girls’ bathroom trash can.

So go into the girl's bathroom and retrieve it. Tell her you identify as a girl while she identifies as an a-hole.

16 posted on 09/22/2025 6:39:17 PM PDT by roadcat ( )
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I wore my MAGA hat on my extensive “See America” 2024 and 2025 motorhome trips. Mrs. Taxman and I drove total of 24,000 miles on our two East to West Coast and return Great Road Trips.

Never had a problem — not one hostile comment, and I was not shy about wearing my MAGA hat, even in supposedly “LIEberal” areas of America.

A large number of Real Americans told me that “The liked my hat!”

My response: “I’m glad you and 77 million other Americans liked it!”

I did not see many other people wearing MAGA hats — disappointing, to say the least!

My advice is to wear your MAGA hat proudly! Everywhere!


17 posted on 09/22/2025 7:52:06 PM PDT by Taxman (MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! SUPPORT THE FAIRTAX!)
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To: BatGuano
You sound like a charter member of “The He-Man Women Haters Club’’. I am.
18 posted on 09/22/2025 8:02:56 PM PDT by jmacusa ( Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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Mom says ““We deeply love this school and its teachers, which makes our disappointment in the administration’s handling of this sensitive situation even more pronounced,” she told Fox News Digital.

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That’s the problem. The public schools are corrupted from within. Too many regular people think their local schools are great. It’s just those other schools that indoctrinate and transition their students.

The progressives have raised two entire generations of youngsters to relentless propaganda and Taylor Robinson and his cheerleaders are the result. And it is in every public school everywhere.

Homeschool your kids. The education establishment cannot be trusted.


19 posted on 09/22/2025 8:11:45 PM PDT by ModelBreaker
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To: nickcarraway

Until the Dept of Education is completely dismantled, school administrators are, and will remain, federal bureaucrats.


20 posted on 09/23/2025 4:08:28 AM PDT by Ignatz ("Look, if I offend anybody today, I don't care." -Tom Homan)
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