ʀᴀᴄɪsᴛ Cinnabon Worker Beat Maga for 100k Before They Turned on Her | HO”

It began, as so many modern scandals do, with a shaky phone recording, a shopping mall, and a Cinnabon counter. By the time it ended, the woman at the center of the storm had raised more than $120,000 from furious right-wing donors, been exposed as a Biden-Harris–supporting Democrat, accused of being a crack user, a criminal, and—most damning of all to her own supporters—the mother of mixed-race children.

What unfolded over 72 hours was less a story about a mall employee gone rogue and more a stunning exposé of how quickly America’s culture-war machine can be manipulated, monetized, and ultimately turned back against itself. It was also, depending on who you ask, either the most chaotic grift of the year or the clearest example yet of how America’s political extremes can be played for cash with little more than a smartphone and a temper.

This is the full story of Crystal, the now-former Cinnabon employee who went viral for hurling racial slurs at Somali customers—and somehow turned that meltdown into a six-figure payday before the very people who funded her discovered who she really was.

A Viral Video, a Mall Counter, and a Meltdown Caught in 4K

The incident took place at the Bay Park Square Mall in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin, where a Somali couple approached the Cinnabon counter to place an order. What should have been a routine interaction quickly spiraled into a confrontation when the employee behind the counter—later identified as Crystal—allegedly mocked the woman’s hijab.

The couple began recording.

In the video, Crystal appears increasingly agitated, at one point declaring proudly:

“I am racist. And you are an N—.”

Then, with both hands, she performs the unmistakable WWE-era “DX suck-it” chop, a gesture so outdated that even many Gen-Z viewers had to Google it.

The profanity continued. So did the slurs. Mall patrons could be heard reacting, stunned. One person shouted:

“You’re talking about respect? You’re fired from this place, mother—”

Crystal replied with more insults, middle fingers raised.

If the goal was to cement herself as the most aggressively racist mall employee of 2025, she succeeded.

Cinnabon Responds—and Immediately Gets Caught in a Lie

Within hours, the video spread across X, TikTok, and Reddit. Cinnabon’s corporate account issued a polished statement declaring the behavior “disturbing,” adding that the employee had been “immediately terminated.”

Except she wasn’t.

Crystal, perhaps forgetting Step 1 of “Pretending You Got Fired for Racism 101,” posted a TikTok from inside the bakery, wearing her uniform, smiling proudly at the camera.

She captioned it with:

“Still here. Did I stutter?”

Corporate damage control collapsed instantly. Commenters pounced:

“If you want to fake a firing, at least tell her not to post from the counter.”

The scandal could have ended there. But America’s culture-war economy had only gotten warmed up.

Enter MAGA: The Racism-to-Riches Pipeline Activates

In predictable fashion, segments of the far-right internet rushed to defend Crystal.

Within hours, a GiveSendGo campaign appeared titled:

“Stand With Crystal: Hardworking WHITE Mom Fired for Defending Herself From Somalis.”

The description claimed the Somali couple had “harassed her,” that she was a “white mom doing her job,” and that “no white person should lose their job for refusing to be intimidated by migrants.”

The fundraiser’s creator wrote:

“Cinnabon FIRED a white woman to please the NONS.”
(NONS, apparently meaning non-white people.)

Black MAGA influencers were told to fall in line. Latino MAGA influencers were told the same. Even Somali-American MAGA supporters—yes, there are some—were expected to defend the woman who had just called Somali customers racial slurs to their face.

And incredibly, the money started pouring in.

First $10,000.
Then $35,000.
Then $54,000.
Then $100,000.
Then $120,000.

As one online commenter put it:

“MAGA will make her a millionaire by Christmas.”

If America had a “How to Grift Conservatives” handbook, Crystal’s video could have been the cover.

Then the Internet Found Her Mugshot

Just as donors were celebrating their new culture-war martyr, a bombshell dropped.

A public records search revealed that Crystal had previously been booked in Ohio on multiple charges:

– Endangering children (three counts)
– Operating a vehicle impaired with minors in the car
– Possession of cannabis and paraphernalia

Suddenly the comments shifted.

“Not a crackhead. Please God, not a crackhead.”

“She smoked crack, didn’t she?”

“This is who we gave money to?”

Screenshots of her mugshots began circulating, showing her disheveled, wide-eyed, and very much not the “hardworking white mom” portrayed in the fundraiser.

The right-wing defense machine began to shudder.

But it got worse.

The Biden-Harris Photos: MAGA Donors Realize They’ve Been Scammed

Internet sleuths located Crystal’s Facebook page.

There, smiling proudly on her profile, were photos of:

A Biden-Harris 2020 yard sign

A “Women’s Choice Is on the Ballot — Vote Democrat” poster

A meme mocking Donald Trump

Within an hour, MAGA communities went into full meltdown.

One furious donor wrote:

“She’s a Democrat?! I gave money to a Democrat racist? I want a refund NOW.”

Another fumed:

“She used us. She played us. She GRIFTED us.”

One conservative influencer posted:

“I start to smell something… a smell that tastes like other smells… SOMETHING WAS WRONG.”

A user on a right-wing forum summed it up bluntly:

“We got hustled by a Biden supporter who screams the N-word. This movement is finished.”

But MAGA hadn’t yet hit rock bottom.

The Final Straw: The “Mixed-Race Children” Discovery

Hours later, another image surfaced: a photo of Crystal with her children—children who appeared to be Black and Hispanic.

That revelation detonated what remained of her support.

Posts flooded in:

“She has MIXED kids?! She’s lying trash.”
“I can’t support her anymore.”
“She’s a criminal AND a crackhead who sleeps with minorities.”
“She couldn’t keep her pants on!”
“I feel sick—we funded THIS?”

The political right, which had happily donated tens of thousands to her for saying she was racist, now declared her unfit not because of the racism, the slurs, the behavior, or the child endangerment charges—but because she had children who weren’t white.

The hypocrisy was so thick it was almost comical.

One commenter wrote:

“She wasn’t a crackhead until you found out her kids are brown?”

Another added:

“You gave money to a racist Democrat with mixed kids. This is Law & Order: SVU levels of over-the-top.”

Within hours, her supporters evaporated.

The Internet Roasts MAGA: “You Paid a Racist Democrat!”

As the backlash grew, critics had a field day.

Videos mocked MAGA donors for falling for the easiest grift imaginable:

“She said she was racist and they gave her $120,000.”
“Hardworking Americans donated their Christmas money to a woman who did the DX chop at a Cinnabon.”
“You got scammed by a Biden voter—congratulations.”

Even conservatives distanced themselves, lamenting how easily their own “side” was manipulated.

One viral post read:

“This is why MAGA stays broke.”

Another:

“You donated money to someone who literally admitted she’s racist. How is this real life?”

Another:

“You threw away your mortgage payment so a crackhead Democrat could buy weed.”

If political grifting were a sport, commentators agreed, this was a world-record performance.

Did She Plan It? The Internet Thinks So

Speculation spread that Crystal may have intentionally provoked the confrontation to go viral and trigger a MAGA fundraising wave—a strategy once used by Shiloh Hendrickx, a woman who raised nearly $1 million after calling a Black child a racial slur.

The parallels were glaring:

Racial slur recorded on video

Right-wing martyrdom narrative

GiveSendGo donations pouring in

Grift allegations surfacing

Scandal collapsing under scrutiny

One commenter wrote:

“The grift allegations are airtight. This is Ocean’s 11: Racist Edition.”

Another added:

“She’s going to be 120K richer while MAGA is going to be 120K poorer. Perfect.”

The Payment-Processor Warning: “One Mass-Dispute Could Shut Her Down”

As the scandal escalated, activists suggested donors initiate chargebacks, warning that payment processors like Stripe and Square automatically freeze accounts when refunds exceed 8–10%.

One viral explainer declared:

“If you all donated the minimum and then dispute it tomorrow, the whole account gets shut down. Algorithms don’t play.”

It was the kind of internet revenge plot that only this decade could produce.

Whether the plan would work remained unclear, but the information spread rapidly—much faster than the truth had for the donors who rushed to give her money.

MAGA’s Identity Crisis: “How Did We Get Scammed By a Democrat Racist?”

In the end, the political fallout was almost darker than the original incident.

To many observers, the scandal illuminated a troubling hierarchy among parts of the far-right:

Racism was acceptable.

Slurs were acceptable.

Public meltdowns were acceptable.

Child endangerment charges were acceptable.

Drug allegations were acceptable.

But mixed-race children?

Unforgivable.

One critic summarized it bluntly:

“She wasn’t disowned until they saw her kids’ skin tone.”

Another wrote:

“They defended her racism but couldn’t defend her family.”

Still another:

“Imagine donating $100K to someone whose existence disproves your entire worldview.”

Where the Story Ends: Broke Donors, a Rich Racist, and a Movement Embarrassed

Crystal herself has barely commented beyond short TikTok quips, often taunting viewers with her unexpected windfall.

Meanwhile, MAGA communities are fighting amongst themselves, trying to explain how they collectively raised six figures for:

A Democrat

A self-proclaimed racist

A DX-chopping mall employee

A woman booked for child endangerment

A mother of mixed-race children

Who mocked Muslim hijab

And got caught lying about being fired

Conservative influencers have quietly deleted their endorsements.

GiveSendGo pages have been scrubbed.

And somewhere in Wisconsin, a former Cinnabon worker is counting money she never imagined she’d receive.

One critic summed up the entire saga:

“This is what happens when racism becomes a business model. Someone’s always ready to cash the check.”