Texas is one of 21 states that bans political apparel in or around voting locations. A man in Texas who wore a MAGA hat to a 2024 presidential election early voting location was arrested after he punched an election worker who asked him to remove the hat. Jesse Lutzenberger, 63, was arrested Thursday and has been charged with injury to an elderly person, according to an incident report from the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office. According to Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar, Lutzenberger initially complied with a request made by the 69-year-old early voting worker. The worker advised him that wearing political apparel to a voting location is illegal under Texas law, ABC News reports. Once he had finished voting, Lutzenberger put his hat back on, but was allegedly lingering inside the voting building. The worker again let him know that it was “unacceptable” and tried to escort him from the building. Once the pair were near the doors of the voting location, Lutzenberger allegedly threw “an arm back toward the victim,” according to Salazar. The sheriff said the incident was captured on a surveillance video
via independent: Texas man is arrested for ‘punching poll worker who told him to remove his MAGA hat’