This article is more than 2 years old

This article is more than 2 years old

A driver accused of intentionally hitting another vehicle after becoming enraged by its pro-Trump bumper sticker has pleaded not guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon.

Chloe Wright, 25, appeared in court in Barnstable, Massachusetts, on Monday also charged with vandalising property and leaving the scene of property damage.

According to the Cape Cod Times, the alleged victim told police he had stopped at a red light on 30 June when the driver behind him began honking the horn. At the next light, the man alleged, the other driver called him a racist and other slurs after asking if he had voted for Trump.

The man told police the motorist hit his door and the side of his vehicle as she drove around his car.