Teen faces suspension for harassment after defending MAGA hat worn in honor of Charlie Kirk

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  • Source: The Lion
  • 09/19/2025

A high school student had his MAGA hat snatched from his head and thrown in the trash by a female classmate on 9/11, but he is the one now suspended from school in Laguna Beach this week.

Zach Hornstein is serving a two-day suspension for “harassment” over the incident, both the school and the family confirmed to FOX 11. Hornstein says he wore the hat as a tribute to Charlie Kirk following the Turning Point USA founder’s recent assassination a day earlier.

A teacher at Laguna Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) apparently claimed Hornstein told a group of female students “to go back to where they came from,” which Hornstein denies. Hornstein said the girl began using profanities about President Donald Trump after trashing his hat, to which he responded “if you don’t like it here, Canada has open borders, feel free to go.”

Hornstein also said the girl involved in the dispute confirmed to school officials that he did not say what he was accused of having said to her.

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