“I know there are a lot of opportunities here,” Lake added. “I just wish we would worry about making America better—not ‘great again.’”
Home Depot spokesperson Stephan Holmes said Lake’s message on her hat does not reflect the opinions of Home Depot.
“We appreciate and understand the concerns of our loyal customers,” he said. “In terms of the message, our associates are not permitted to wear items that reflect political statements.
She said that none of her managers at Home Depot asked her to remove the hat.
“Unfortunately, no one on our management team saw her wearing the hat—otherwise, they would have had her remove it immediately,” Holmes said.
Lake points out that she’s seen her co-workers wear pro-Trump pins.
“For the past two months, there have been a few people I work with wearing ‘Vote for Trump’ pins on their uniforms,” she said. “But no one ever says anything to them.”
Lake said that she would “definitely” wear the hat again, and that the message got Trump supporters in Staten Island angry.
“I feel it offended a lot of people because a lot of Trump supporters live in Staten Island,” she said. “Trump is very rash and in your face, but when someone else has a message against him, his supporters can’t take the criticisms.”
