World Series fans greet Trump with
boos, chants
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[October 29, 2019]
By Pete Schroeder
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President
Donald Trump was greeted with boos and a smattering of chants of
"Lock him up!" when he appeared on screen at the World Series in
Washington on Sunday, even as he celebrated one of the biggest wins
of his administration.
Trump appeared on a display screen at the Washington Nationals Park
stadium between innings of the Game 5 match-up between the
Washington Nationals and the Houston Astros.
The president, along with first lady Melania Trump and several
lawmakers, appeared live on the screen as part of a video package
thanking U.S. troops for their service.
The hometown crowd cheered fans and soldiers displayed earlier on
the screen, but there were boos and isolated "Lock him up" chants
when Trump appeared.
Trump later left the stadium an inning before the end of the game,
which was won by the visiting Astros.
The frosty reception came on the day Trump announced the death of
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State group, in a
raid by U.S. special forces in northwestern Syria.
Trump won just 4 percent of the vote in the District of Columbia in
the 2016 presidential election. The U.S. capital is hosting its
first World Series since 1933.
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President Donald Trump waves to the crowd during game five of the
2019 World Series between the Houston Astros and the Washington
Nationals at Nationals Park. Mandatory Credit: Brad Mills-USA TODAY
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Trump did not throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the game, as
many previous presidents have done. That task fell instead to
celebrity chef Jose Andres, who founded a nonprofit group to feed
disaster victims around the world.
Andres also canceled plans to run a restaurant in Trump's Washington
hotel because of Trump's disparaging comments about Mexicans, which
led to a legal settlement.
(Reporting by Pete Schroeder and Nandita Bose; Editing by Paul Tait
and Peter Graff)
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