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Why Trump supporters across the nation are selling MAGA hats as a side hustle

Why Trump supporters across the nation are selling MAGA hats as a side hustle

(Ruby Wallau, for the Deseret News)


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MENDON, Mass. — Here in the heart of blue Massachusetts, Donald Trump sells.

Put a picture of the president, or the word Trump, on a T-shirt, mug or hat, and you can turn a nice profit in the right location.

For Keith Lambert, owner of a Rhode Island-based novelty business, the right location for the past couple of weeks has been a vacant lot at an intersection in Mendon, a town of about 6,000 people, an hour from Boston. There, his pop-up Trump shop, open only sporadically, has seen steady traffic, and the occasional expletive shouted from a passing car.

[To read the full story go to Deseret.com](<http://www.ksl.com/ad_logger/ad_logger.php?location=https://www.deseret.com/2019/11/14/20947976/maga-trump-2020-election-presidential-gear-merch-stores-donald-merchandise-sell-for&sponsor=A MAGA hat. A Trump sweatshirt. Pop-up Trump stores are not just business opportunities, they’re signs that Democrats have something to worry about>).

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