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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The Staten Island woman at the centermost of a amusing media firestorm over her accommodation to abrasion a arguable hat while alive at Home Depot could face abortion if she refuses to accede with the store's compatible policy.
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Krystal Lake, 22, of St. George, wore the hat, which reads, "America was never great," during her Sunday morning about-face at the Home Depot on Forest Avenue in Mariners Harbor.
A photo of Lake cutting the hat went viral on amusing media Wednesday, arch to threats adjoin her life.
Home Depot told the Advance that the hat violates the store's policy, which prohibits advisers from cutting "items that reflect political statements."
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"No one on our administration aggregation saw her cutting the hat -- otherwise, they would accept had her abolish it immediately."
A spokesman for Home Depot on Thursday said that the home advance chain has common its dress code to all advisers and that "there can be repercussions if some debris to chase the policy."
"I'm not activity to be specific about a distinct individual, but I can acquaint you that if addition refuses to chase any of our behavior -- not aloof dress cipher -- it can advance to termination," the agent said.
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"While we account the claimed opinions and behavior captivated by assembly and customers, the abundance (or cutting these things while working) isn't an adapted abode to advance or affectation claimed opinions, beliefs, political and religious affiliations or any blazon of proselytizing," he added.
The agent said its dress action is initially covered in agent orientation.
In an absolute account with the Advance, Lake said the byword on her hat was aggressive by presidential applicant Donald Trump's slogan, "Make America Abundant Again."
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"I feel it affronted a lot of bodies because a lot of Trump supporters alive in Staten Island," she said. "Trump is actual adventurous and in your face, but back addition abroad has a bulletin adjoin him, his supporters can't booty the criticisms."
She added that she has apparent added advisers cutting pro-Trump pins and pendants on their uniforms, but no one had told them not to abrasion them.
When asked whether she intends to abrasion the hat again, Lake said, "Definitely."
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Since the photo went viral, Lake said she has accustomed dozens of afterlife threats on her amusing media accounts.
"People accept been adage absolutely racist things to me and that they're activity to appear and acquisition me," she said, "and that what I said is blameworthy and I abhorrence America -- but I don't abhorrence America."
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