New Jersey high school under fire for erasing Trump slogans from

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However, on receiving his copy of the #yearbook, he found his image had been Photoshopped to remove the Trump slogan, "Make America Great Again" which should have been emblazoned across his chest.

The teen's father, Joseph Berardo Jr., called it "censorship" and believes "it was probably politically motivated".

An investigation is underway at Wall Township High School in Wall, New Jersey, after three teens who support President Donald Trump were censored in the yearbook.

"Maybe they just cropped it out and it wasn't something I should worry about, they just did it", Wyatt said, not thinking there was any ulterior motive behind it. "Everybody gets a brand-new yearbook", raged Joseph Berardo, whose 17-year-old son, Grant, wore a Trump T-shirt on picture day last fall.

The controversy erupted this week when students came home with their school yearbooks and parents like Joe Berardo found their children's pro-Trump merchandise had been erased.

But when the yearbooks were released this spring, the TRUMP logo was gone.

According to Berardo said he made sure there were no dress-code restrictions before Grant wore the MAGA shirt to school that day.

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A third student who meant to quote President Trump also found that the yearbook did not include the quote she had provided to accompany her photo. Neither was another kid, who was wearing a Reagan-Bush shirt in a candid group photo.

Grant Berardo said that he wore the shirt because he was too young to vote for Donald Trump in the 2016 election, but he wanted to show his support. "If you are going to be thinking anything, you might as well think big", to appear underneath her photo.

Janet Dobrovich-Fago, Wyatt and Montana's mother told NJ.com: "We're very angry". "I want the school to seek disciplinary action and to be held accountable".

The school says political shirts are not a dress code violation.

'The high school administration was not aware of and does not condone any censorship of political views on the part of our students.

"The administration and staff of the Wall Township Public Schools strongly value the principles of free speech and inquiry in our schools and society, viewing them as the bedrock upon which our community and educational system is built", Dyer's statement continued.

Montana Dobrovich-Fago had requested a quote from Trump be printed under her yearbook photo. Berardo's father wants the books reprinted at the district's expense.

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