Blue-haired woman behaved in depressingly predictable way at sight of man, 72, in MAGA cap

Daily Mail​

24-05-2025

A Florida woman allegedly attacked an elderly Donald Trump supporter with a can after spotting him wearing a MAGA hat.
Laura Garrett, 33, was arrested for assaulting 72-year-old Garry Gama on a street in Largo on Tuesday.
Garrett was booked into the Pinellas County jail on charges of battery on a person older than 65, battery on a police officer and obstructing or resisting an officer.
At 5.30pm on Tuesday, a fight broke out between Garrett and Gama - who was wearing a MAGA hat - after Garrett grilled him over his support for the president.
When authorities arrived, Gama told them she struck him in the back of the head and shoulder with the can she was holding, then poured its contents all over him.
Investigators have not yet released the specific details of the conversation that took place.
Officers eventually found Garrett after she tried to escape by jumping a fence and running away.
According to the affidavit, she initially refused to even give her name to the officers.
When authorities arrived, Gama told them that the 33-year-old woman struck him in the back of the head and shoulder with the can she was holding, then poured its contents all over him before fleeing
While cuffed and being escorted to the patrol car, police said she threw 'her full bodyweight' to the ground and wrapped her legs around an officer.
Garrett's resistance during the arrest caused the officer to bruise his left knee, resulting in the battery on a police officer charge.
Cops said it took four officers to restrain her as she kept pulling away and kicking before she was finally subdued.
She was taken into custody without bond at the Pinellas County Jail Tuesday evening but released the next night.
This is far from the first time that a disagreement involving a MAGA hat has sparked a violent escalation.
In February, a Washington State University instructor was caught on camera beating up an Indian-American student in a MAGA hat.
PhD student and instructor Patrick Mahoney, along with student Gerald Hoff, ripped engineering student Jay Sani's hat from him while outside of a bar near the Pullman campus on February 28.
Sani, who is Indian-American, was seen in disturbing footage being pushed to the ground by the two men and repeatedly punched.
Sani, who is Indian-American, was seen in disturbing footage being pushed to the ground by the two men and repeatedly punched by PhD student and instructor Patrick Mahoney and fellow student Gerald Hoff
He said the attack left him with multiple scrapes and bruises, and reported the assault to police.
The university has since announced that Mahoney, who is a proud communist, has been 'relieved of all teaching responsibilities'.
The school said: 'Washington State University is aware of an off-campus incident that occurred last February involving a WSU staff member and a graduate student.
'After an investigation conducted by the City of Pullman's police department, and in accordance with WSU policies, the staff member's employment has been terminated.'