Two teens were suspended by a rural Montana school district last week after they showed up to their annual “Color Wars” pep rally wearing homemade “Trump 2016 White Pride” t-shirts.
While Polson District Superintendent Rex Weltz told KPAX News that the students, a male and a female who were not identified by name, were immediately told to change clothes once they arrived at Polson High School, photos of the t-shirts had already made the rounds on social media.
Rather than donning the plain white shirts juniors traditionally wore to the annual Homecoming event, the students decorated their white tees with white nationalist messages. The male student’s shirt bore a Confederate flag and read “REDNECK” in red letters, while the female student’s read “WHITE POWER.”
Weltz last week called their message “inexcusable” and said the school district “will not tolerate harassment or discrimination in any form.”
