Rightwinger gets kicked out of a PetSmart for saying rainbow flag “sexualizes kids”

Ethan Schmidt
Photo: Twitter screenshot

Web commenters are mocking anti-LGBTQ bigot Ethan Schmidt after he recorded himself being thrown out of a PetSmart store after repeatedly demanding that its employees remove a “Satanic” rainbow Pride flag display.

A video reposted by Patriot Takes — a watchdog Twitter account — shows Schmidt harassing employees and refusing to leave the store as a supervisor refuses to take down the flag and threatens to call the police if he doesn’t leave.

The video begins with Schmidt asking an employee, “I’m just curious, what is that flag right there?” while pointing to a rainbow flag hanging above the employee’s checkout register.

The employee responds, “I think it’s a Pride flag.”

Schmidt then asks, “Can you take it down please, right now?”

The employee asks, “For what purpose?”

Schmidt answers, “It offends me greatly.”

Without wasting any time, the employee summons a manager to come to the front of the store to address Schmidt.

While waiting, Schmidt says, “Yeah, that stuff is Satanic. We can’t have that.”

As the manager approaches, Schmidt asks…

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