Man fired for refusing to remove ‘Trump 2020’ hat at Newport News Shipbuilding

Dave Sunderland said he had been wearing Donald Trump hats to work at Newport News Shipbuilding every day for nearly four years.

He wore them — most recently one that said “Trump 2020″— from his car to his work site inside the gates, he said, and sometimes for a short safety meeting at the start of his shift.

Not anymore.

Sunderland, 55, was fired last week after refusing to remove his hat before the safety meeting. He said the human resources department told him he violated a policy barring yard workers from “campaigning” while on the job.

“I wasn’t campaigning,” Sunderland said. “I wore a ball cap. I wasn’t passing out bumper stickers. I wasn’t asking people to vote. I wasn’t doing anything, except for wearing a ball cap going to work.”

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