Trump supporter sues New York town for $25 million after being ordered to remove MAGA flags from car

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A die-hard Trump supporter has sued a town for $25 million after being ordered to remove MAGA flags from this car.

Per New York Post, 62-year-old entrepreneur Michael Wasserman has filed a federal suit against the City of Long Beach, New York.

Wasserman is taking action against the chief of police, the city manager, and several other police officers - after they forced him to remove Trump memorabilia from his own vehicle.

Wasserman, whose car and property are adorned with a number of other flags, stickers, posters, and slogans endorsing the former POTUS, claims he is being targeted unfairly by civic authorities for his conservative views.

He also alleges that he has been displaying his political fealties on his Porsche for over a decade: including Tea Party flags, Marine flags, pro-cop flags, the Gadsden "Don’t Tread on Me" flag, and a sticker depicting Trump urinating on the CNN logo.

Police have visited his home multiple times since March due to profanity complaints by neighbors, and Wasserman claims to have been spat on and received death threats over his ideological automobile.

Speaking in a later interview with New York Post, Wasserman said: "I believe the city is trying to silence me because I'm pro-Trump. They're bending and massaging the ordinance to fit the crime. This is a blatant attempt to silence me.

"If they didn’t try to cancel me, I probably wouldn’t be so prolific [....] There's so much vitriol, hate, and anger from [from liberals]. Aren’t they supposed to be inclusive of everyone? They're not."

Meanwhile, Wasserman's lawyer Victor Feraru stated that his client was suing Long Beach on the grounds of selective enforcement and discrimination, adding: "We wouldn’t be here if he were flying a Biden flag."

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However, the town authorities claim that the MAGA flags are a violation of their ordinances, which state: "[No] sign shall be erected, affixed or maintained within the perimeter of any… public street or public property."

Indeed, attorney Howard M. Miller told the above publication: "It's not a political case. It's not the contents of the message. it's where he had it - it's a public street."

A pre-motion hearing for the lawsuit is currently pending. Wasserman's legal team expects defendants to file a motion to dismiss.

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