Lawton High State Baseball Champ Trends on Threads for Holding Anti-Trump Sign, But MAGA Man Yelled ‘Get Out’ and TCU Kid Made an Obscene Gesture!
McCray known as the "Old Man with a Sign," jhas sparked a range of reactions with his anti-Trump Sign.
September 4, 2026
This article was last updated by Alisha Shrestha on September 4, 2026
Gale McCray faces MAGA yell at Fort Worth anti-Trump protest with sign “Trump that boy don’t act right” during an unplanned stand against fascism with friend Melissa Malone Ingram.
The 74-year-old retired postal worker from Fort Worth, Gale McCray, who has been famous for years with his simple anti-Trump sign, just received a fresh burst of attention.
McCray’s been out there holding that sign since February 2017, when he first scribbled his anti-Trump message on a piece of cardboard.
This time, McCray was out in Fort Worth for just an hour, from 4:45 to 6:00 p.m., alongside his friend Melissa Malone Ingram on September 2, 2026.
The protest wasn’t even planned, but when someone mentioned standing up against fascism, McCray was in.
His friend Melissa Malone Ingram joined him from 4:45 to 6:00 p.m., even though she hadn’t planned to go that day.
McCray took to Facebook to update about the incident while waiting at a doctor’s office at UT Southwestern in Fort Worth, where he was getting a quick check for some nerve issues.
He stated that during their time at the protest, a young woman stopped by his protest spot and told him that he and his sign, “Trump, that boy don’t act right,” were trending on Threads.
McCray, who grew up in Lawton, Oklahoma, and played on the 1959 Lawton High School state championship baseball team, just laughed, saying:
Don’t think I’ve ever trended before and I’m not sure what Threads is.
Likewise, a couple stopped to chat, and the wife mentioned that she had attended Lawton High.
McCray, who also attended Lawton High, told her about his glory days on the ’59 baseball team.
He then started singing the old football fight song: “Beer, beer for old Lawton High, bring on the whiskey, bring on the rye.”
Likewise, a young guy driving by shouted, “You’re doing the Lord’s work!”
But not everyone was on board. A MAGA supporter leaned out his window and shouted,
Get out of here!
However, unbothered McCray just shrugged it off, noting that free speech doesn’t seem to be that guy’s thing.
Ingram, who joined him on short notice, said most folks gave her positive vibes, except for a young TCU student, probably from Texas Christian University, who flipped her off.
After their hour, McCray and Ingram hit a trendy Fort Worth bar to wind down.
ended the post, writing, “Could say more, but that’s it. Love y’all for the support. And don’t forget, even if I get silly sometimes, this ain’t no game.”
The phrase “that boy don’t act right” comes from his Southern upbringing. It is an old Oklahoma saying used when someone’s acting out or misbehaving, often accompanied by a “bless his heart” to soften the remark.
McCray started carrying the sign because he thought Trump was bad news, plain and simple.
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