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Black GOP Intern Plans To Sue Uber For Denying Ride Because of MAGA Hats

Kassy Akiva

Last week, a group of African-American interns were denied a ride by an Uber driver because two of them were carrying President Trump’s “Make America Great Again” hats. Now, one of them plans to take legal action against Uber.

The group was made up of Capitol Hill interns all enrolled in the Rocky Mountain Black Conservatives program designed for black conservatives interning on Capitol Hill, founded by Derrick Wilburn. They were attempting to travel from George Washington University to the Trump International Hotel in Washington.

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