Woman rips off top, votes in bra after being told to remove MAGA gear

A US woman tore off her top and swung it like a lasso before voting in her bra, after being told she couldn’t wear a MAGA hat at the polls.

A US woman tore off her top and swung it like a lasso before voting in her bra after being told she couldn’t wear a MAGA hat and Trump shirt at the polls.

The white-haired woman was casting her ballot early at a firehouse in Hamilton Township, New Jersey last week when a poll worker asked her to take her pro-Trump hat off and get a jacket from her car to cover her shirt, The New York Post reports.

Jill Moyer, the Mercer County Board of Elections chairperson, tried to tell the woman she would hold her place in line.

“Before I could get it all out, she took off her shirt and flung it around,” Ms Moyer told NJ.com.

A New Jersey woman was photographed at a Hamilton Township polling site in her bra after she was reportedly asked to remove her pro-Trump shirt and MAGA hat. Picture: Reddit

The woman then flipped poll workers the bird and shouted, “Suck my c**t”, witnesses said.

“This is why I vote Trump,” she added, according to since-deleted Reddit post showing the woman wearing silver hoop earrings and a nude bra.

Ms Moyer went to call the police but the unidentified woman quickly cast her ballot and left.

New Jersey’s electioneering law bans any political gear that can be “read or viewed to identify support or opposition of a candidate”.

The post, later shared and deleted by author and Kamala Harris supporter Mark Greene on X, caught the attention of Trump’s running mate, Senator JD Vance, who shared it on his own social media profiles.

“What a patriot,” Mr Vance wrote, according to screenshots.

“I’d buy that lady a beer,” one man commented on social media.

Others disagreed, with one woman writing on Facebook: “Why can’t people just respect the rules and stop treating the workers with disrespect?”

“I find this to be ridiculous,” another woman commented of the election rules.

“You’re standing in line to vote. I don’t think a shirt or hat will influence who I vote for. My mind is made up.”

Trump’s running mate, JD Vance, described the woman as a ‘patriot’. Picture: Brandon Bell/Getty Images/AFP

Each state has different laws on ‘electioneering’. Picture: Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP

Each state has different laws on “electioneering”, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures, and many voters are unaware of the rules.

Another woman in New Jersey was asked to remove her Handmaid’s Tale costume, a symbol used in reproductive rights protests, before voting, NJ.com reported.

The heated political climate has almost led to blows in other parts of the country.

A brawl broke out at a South Carolina polling site when a man was told he couldn’t vote with a hat reading “Let’s Go Brandon”, code for “F**k Joe Biden”.

Shocking video showed the man pointing his finger in the face of one of the female poll workers before she begins hitting him.

A fight erupted at a South Carolina polling station after a man was told to remove his 'Let’s Go Brandon' hat. Picture: Instagram

The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is investigating the incident.

South Carolina law prohibits voters from wearing anything that displays a political party, candidate name or ballot issue.

In New York, however, the law allows apparel or buttons that express political viewpoints, including MAGA messages – as long as they don’t specifically advocate for or against a candidate or ballot proposal, according to officials.

“New York’s anti-electioneering law was intended to prevent the political campaigns from intruding into the polling place,” Kathleen McGrath, of the state Board of Elections, said.

“It was not designed to prohibit political expression generally.”

This article originally appeared on The New York Post and was reproduced with permission