A dress designer and shop owner in Occoquan, Virginia, is at a loss following a bizarre encounter with a local woman who called the police on his boutique for demonstrating his First Amendment rights by hanging Trump signs out front.
However, they were cited a second time to remove some, but not all, the signs. 'We’re just trying our hardest to not get fines we can’t pay,' Johnson said. 'We follow rules,' Soriano said. 'We don’t disrespect anyone.' The business owner is appalled by the ordinance as he believes America is the 'land of the free, not the land of what people think.' 'I'm an American designer,' Soriano said. 'I am free to express and create whatever I want.
The creative director added that he lost his friends, clients and potential business opportunities in California. Johnson was also blacklisted as a stage and film actress when she was photographed marching at Rosa Parks Circle in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with a sign that read 'Trump is your president.' 'We’re in an industry where we can’t just say what we want or how we feel,' Johnson said. 'We don't fit the mold.