Pa. Bus Driver Resigns Over MAGA Hat Refusal

A school bus driver in Littlestown, Pennsylvania, resigned from his position last month after refusing to remove a Make America Great Again hat while transporting students, citing concerns over free speech and self-expression.

Dave Bonhoff, a retired Baltimore County police officer known to students as Mr. Dave from Bus 73, worked for Krise Transportation, a company contracted by the Littlestown Area School District to provide bus services. The incident unfolded on February 18 when a student complained about Bonhoff wearing the red hat emblazoned with the slogan. That morning, Bonhoff said, his supervisor called him and proposed an alternative. "She contacts me and says, 'Hey, listen, I'm going to buy you a hat, an American flag hat, because the school district has deemed that they don't want you to wear that Make America Great Again hat,'" Bonhoff recounted in an interview with local media.

Bonhoff chose not to comply and left the job just before his afternoon route, effectively ending his tenure with the district. He emphasized his bond with the children he transported and expressed willingness to return under different terms. "If that wasn't a condition of my employment, I'd...