Judge Rules That Bars Can Throw Out Trump Supporters

Wow! So loving! So compassionate. So tolerant!

According to this, a Manhattan judge has ruled that bars can throw out Trump supporters. Why? “Because the law doesn’t protect against political discrimination.”

Philadelphia accountant Greg Piatek, 31, was bounced from a West Village watering hole in January 2017, just after Trump took the oath of office, for wearing a “Make America Great Again” cap, according to his lawsuit over the incident.

“Anyone who supports Trump — or believes in what you believe — is not welcome here! And you need to leave right now because we won’t serve you!” Piatek claims the staff of The Happiest Hour on West 10th Street told him after he and his pals complained about the rude service they were getting from a bartender.

So he sued in Manhattan Supreme Court, claiming the incident “offended his sense of being American.”

The bar’s lawyer said that discrimination laws only apply to religion, not political ideology and argued, “supporting Trump is not a religion.”

But Piatek’s lawyer tried to argue otherwise, which was bizarre.

“The purpose of the hat is that he wore it because he was visiting the 9/11 Memorial,” his attorney Paul Liggieri told Justice David Cohen in court Wednesday.

“He was paying spiritual tribute to the victims of 9/11. The Make American Great Again hat was part of his spiritual belief,” Liggieri claimed. Piatek and his pals had, in fact, visited the memorial before the bar.

“Rather than remove his hat, instead he held true to his spiritual belief and was forced from the bar,” Liggieri said.

Yeeeeeaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh…that sounds like a stretch.

“How many members are in this spiritual program that your client is engaged in?” the judge asked.

“Your honor, we don’t allege the amount of individuals,” Liggieri said.

“So, it’s a creed of one?” the judge asked.

“Yes, your honor,” Liggieri replied.

After nearly an hour of argument the judge took a short break and then returned to the bench with his ruling.

“Plaintiff does not state any faith-based principle to which the hat relates,” Cohen said in tossing the case.

I have to say…I agree with that specifically. The hat has nothing to do with a spiritual belief. Come on.

However, that agreement ends here.

“Here the claim that plaintiff was not served and eventually escorted out of the bar because of his perceived support for President Trump is not outrageous conduct,” the judge ruled.

I understand that Trump supporters aren’t a protected class, but geez. This is a really dumb move business-wise.

h/t NY Post