From New York Post, March 23, 2-25:
A straphanger got “instant karma” when she tried to yank a MAGA hat off another rider’s head — and instead face-planted on a filthy Manhattan subway platform.
In a now-viral clip, the woman branded the hat-wearer a “racist” aboard a No. 6 train entering the 28th Street station in Manhattan last week.
“If you f–king voted for Trump, you’re a racist. He’s a racist,” the woman said to another commuter while pointing at the MAGA hat-wearing man shortly after 11:30 p.m. Wednesday on the northbound train.
Christopher Ngo, a retired Philadelphia cop-turned-life coach who recorded the clip, told The Post of the incensed commuter, “She was pretty much angry about the hat and that young man was trying to stand his ground.
“She was definitely aggressive.
“But there were other people in the car who were defending the young man with their opinions as well,” the witness said.
Some of the other straphangers urged the woman to leave the man — who chuckled at her remarks and questioned how he could be considered a racist — alone.
One of the bystanders even began arguing with the woman, telling her, “New York City has been run by Dems for the last decade and this is why things are the way they are,” Ngo said.
But the woman continued to harass the MAGA fan, who insisted he is not racist.
He then lifted the red cap off his head and ducked out of the train’s open door after it entered the station — while she lunged toward him in an attempt to snatch it away.
The pair appeared to briefly tussle before the man ran down the platform, with the woman hot on his heels and her arms outstretched toward the hat.
She only made it a few steps before she fell face-first on the platform.
“Freedom of speech — everyone has their own opinions, but when it gets physical, that’s when it just goes too far,” said Ngo, adding he contemplated stepping in before deciding to record the interaction instead.
“It was a once-in-a-lifetime moment that you can see only in New York City. And that’s what I love about the city,” he said.
The clip has since been reshared across numerous platforms, including X, where it gained momentum on conservative accounts.
“Woman falls on her face after trying to grab a MAGA hat from a man’s head in New York … Instant karma,” said Collin Rugg, co-owner of the conservative media company Trending Politics, on X on Friday.
The clip has racked up millions of views, and most commenters cheered on the embarrassing fall.
Here’s the video:
In an update, the NY Post reports that the MAGA-hater woman is Alberta Testanero, a 55-year-old dual Italian-American citizen, who is a creative director for several luxury brands like Tiffany & Co., Coach, Bergdorf Goodman and Kate Spade, Testanero prides herself on “maintaining the highest standards,” according to her online profiles.
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