“They told me I could either hide the hat or take it out to my car or leave. I’m not gonna take my hat off for anybody. I live in America, which is the land of the free and the home of the brave, I thought. So you do what you have to do,” he added. If he didn’t agree to leave, he would be taken out “in handcuffs,” per Mediaite.

Footage of the incident in Missouri has gone viral on social media, gaining more than 2 million views at the time of writing.

The man, who identified himself in a social media video as Michael Weitzel, claimed his eviction directly stemmed from his decision to wear a MAGA hat to the stadium.