Donald Trump doesn’t often go to crowded places that aren’t stacked with his supporters, but Sunday night he attended the World Series. And he didn’t exactly get a warm welcome. When he was introduced on the jumbotron at Nationals Park in Washington D.C., there were lots of books and the chant “lock him up” broke out.
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Fans start to boo President Trump when he appeared on the Jumbotron at #Nationals park. Then fans chanted “Lock him up! Lock him up!”
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The Washington Post says, “Presidents often throw out the ceremonial first pitch when they attend a baseball game, but that honor Sunday instead went to chef and humanitarian José Andrés.” The Wall Street Journal adds:
Mr. Trump arrived at the stadium, 3.3 miles from the White House, about eight minutes before game time. That was also nine minutes after chef José Andrés tossed the ceremonial first pitch.
Mr. Andrés, a critic of Mr. Trump and who pulled one of his restaurants from the Trump International Hotel in Washington, received a rousing cheer from the home crowd, registering 96.6 on a decibel meter, roughly the sound of a subway.
The boos for Mr. Trump weren’t quite as loud: 95 decibels on the same meter.
Trump’s appearance sure didn’t help the Washington Nationals either, they lost to the Houston Astros 7 to 1. The Astros now lead the series 3-to-2.