{"id":1043796,"date":"2021-11-22T11:13:46","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T16:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1043796"},"modified":"2021-11-22T11:13:50","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T16:13:50","slug":"fact-check-was-a-woman-kicked-out-of-a-hockey-game-for-wearing-a-lets-go-brandon-shirt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-was-a-woman-kicked-out-of-a-hockey-game-for-wearing-a-lets-go-brandon-shirt\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Was A Woman Kicked Out Of A Hockey Game For Wearing A \u2018Let\u2019s Go Brandon\u2019 Shirt?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-was-a-woman-kicked-out-of-a-hockey-game-for-wearing-a-lets-go-brandon-shirt%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1043796&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>A video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100009552744235\/videos\/1029878524248743\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims a woman was kicked out of a Wichita, Kansas, hockey game for wearing a shirt with the slogan \u201cLet\u2019s Go Brandon\u201d on it.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The woman was removed from the game \u201cafter multiple warnings\u201d for allegedly using \u201cprofane language and gestures\u201d toward venue staff and others, according to a statement from the Wichita Thunder hockey team.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100009552744235\/videos\/1029878524248743\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<\/a> being shared online, a dark-haired woman sitting in a hockey rink speaks to two men who appear to be wearing uniforms. The two men then escort the woman, who wears a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/lets-go-brandon-what-does-it-mean-republicans-joe-biden-ab13db212067928455a3dba07756a160\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Let\u2019s Go Brandon<\/a>\u201d sweatshirt, up the stairs as some people in the crowd can be heard chanting the expression.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWoman getting kicked for wearing \u2018let\u2019s go Brandon\u2019 shirt,\u201d reads text overlaying the footage at the beginning. Text accompanying the video also alleges, \u201cWoman kicked out at the Hockey game for wearing #LetsGoBrandon shirt.\u201d&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/10\/28\/fact-check-anti-defamation-league-designate-lets-go-brandon-hate-slogan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did The Anti-Defamation League Designate \u2018Let\u2019s Go Brandon\u2019 As A \u2018Hate Slogan\u2019?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Tiktok user @anniedanii28 on Nov. 6 shared a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/foryou?is_copy_url=1&amp;is_from_webapp=v1&amp;item_id=7027599427896446214#\/@anniedanii28\/video\/7027599427896446214\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">slightly longer version<\/a> of the video of the incident, which occurred during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wichitathunder.com\/en\/schedule#select_team-schedule=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wichita Thunder hockey game<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intrustbankarena.com\/events-tickets\/wichita-thunder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">InTrust Bank Arena<\/a> on Nov. 5. But, contrary to the viral claim, the woman\u2019s \u201cLet\u2019s Go Brandon\u201d sweatshirt was not the reason for her removal, the Wichita Thunder hockey team explained in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Wichita_Thunder\/status\/1457806510336118789\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nov. 8 statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVideo is circulating of a spectator being escorted out by security during our home game at InTrust Bank Arena on November 5,\u201d the Wichita Thunder <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Wichita_Thunder\/status\/1457806510336118789\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> in the statement, which was posted on Twitter. \u201cThis video is accompanied by a statement that she was removed due to her shirt. This is incorrect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The woman was \u201cremoved by arena security after multiple warnings, because she was using extremely profane language and gestures toward our staff and those around her,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Wichita_Thunder\/status\/1457806510336118789\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the team\u2019s statement<\/a>. The statement <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Wichita_Thunder\/status\/1457806510336118789\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">notes<\/a> that the \u201crest of her party, also wearing the same sweatshirts, were not removed and remained at the game until its conclusion.\u201d Check Your Fact didn\u2019t find any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kansas.com\/search\/?q=let%27s+go+brandon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">local<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksn.com\/?s=lets+go+brandon&amp;submit=Search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">media<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/fox4kc.com\/?s=let%27s+go+brandon&amp;submit=Search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reports<\/a> about a large group of people wearing \u201cLet\u2019s Go Brandon\u201d clothing being removed from that game.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@anniedanii28\/video\/7028310140633910575?is_copy_url=1&amp;is_from_webapp=v1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">another video<\/a>, the TikTok user @anniedanii28 acknowledged she was \u201cnot completely sure\u201d whether the woman was removed due to her shirt. She also said that members of security approached the woman \u201cmultiple times\u201d and that there was a group of people at the game wearing \u201cLet\u2019s Go Brandon\u201d clothing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video shared on Facebook claims a woman was kicked out of a Wichita, Kansas, hockey game for wearing a shirt with the slogan \u201cLet\u2019s Go Brandon\u201d on it.Verdict: False &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1043796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/73"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1043796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1043796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1043796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1043796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}