REPORT: ‘MAGA’ dress designer forced to remove Trump signs from store after police are called

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From Fox News: A dress designer and shop owner in Occoquan, Virginia, is at a loss following a bizarre encounter with a local woman who called the police on his boutique for demonstrating his First Amendment rights by hanging Trump signs out front.

Andre Soriano, an atelier dress designer who is well-known for curating the “Make America Great Again” gown singer-songwriter Joy Villa wore to the 2017 Grammy Awards, received legal notice that he must remove signs in support of former President Trump from his business.

“I actually started a flag war here in Occoquan, Virginia,” Soriano told Fox News Digital during a video interview.

Soriano said though the first few moments of the encounter were pleasant, almost immediately, he was met with irrationality and backlash about the patriotic decor perched at the front of the store.

Audra Johnson, a political activist and friend of Soriano, recorded the run in and posted it to social media after he texted her for help with the scene.

Soriano and Johnson said the woman was crying hysterically out in the street. When police arrived, they tried to calm her down and get her away from the store entrance.

The city ended up giving the store a citation and demanded their Trump signs be removed.

The bizarre incident actually happened in late September.

In a video on Instagram on Sept 25, Soriano wrote, “A Karen came into my store DEMANDING I take down my Trump flags, Trump signs and my MAGA dresses, because she’s very offended. I stood my ground and wouldn’t leave, then I have to call the Occoquan Police. Guess who got a trespassing ticket?! 😳 #FreedomOfSpeech #StandYourGround #StoreDrama #karens #maga #trump2024 #usa ❤️🇺🇸 video: @audraforfreedom.”

 

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“As an American citizen, as a First Amendment in our great nation, you can express yourself by putting your signs in your home and expressing who you are as an individual, whether it’s religion, whether it’s politics or anything that you feel, without harming anyone,” Soriano told Fox News Digital. “That’s just the freedom of artistic expression and being free in America, and nowadays, you can’t even express that.”

Below is one of the “MAGA dresses” Soriano has designed.

On Oct. 11, Soriano announced, “On National Coming Out Day, we’re not just coming out for who we are-but for what we believe in. Today, we come out in support of Donald J. Trump, a leader who stands for freedom, equality, and prosperity.”

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