VENTURA, Calif. - A confrontation outside a Ventura Mexican folk art shop is going viral after a woman was caught on camera demanding to know why a Mexican flag was on display.

The cellphone video, recorded by Leylany Rodriguez, shows the woman asking, "Why the f--- are you flying a Mexican flag in America?"

In the video, the woman continues, "You have no good reason for flying a Mexican flag — a Mexican flag in f---ing California, which is America." Rodriguez responds with "Viva México! Viva México!" as the woman flips off the camera.

Rodriguez’s family owns La Catrina Folk Art on Main Street. She has her own arts and crafts line called La Cantrinita Crafts, which she sells at the multigenerational female-owned store. She said she was outside waving the flag on Saturday to promote a

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