--- title: President Trump Was Booed at the Washington Nationals Game description: President Trump watched the Washington Nationals play the Astros on Sunday, but it wasn't just a walk in the park, as some fans booed. canonical: https://time.com/5712054/trump-booed-nationals-game/ author: Rachel E. Greenspan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-10-28T14:50:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-24T07:39:14.995Z article:section: Politics og:title: President Trump Was Booed at the Washington Nationals Game og:description: It was the President's first time at a major league game since he took office og:url: https://time.com/5712054/trump-booed-nationals-game/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb68a4723a78ad6d0/698a04f1457a524f4cd62ff5/trump-booed-nationals-game.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: World Series - Houston Astros v Washington Nationals - Game Five og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Trump Was Booed at the Washington Nationals Game twitter:description: It was the President's first time at a major league game since he took office twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb68a4723a78ad6d0/698a04f1457a524f4cd62ff5/trump-booed-nationals-game.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump Was Booed at the World Series Game and People in the Crowd Chanted 'Lock Him Up' by [Rachel E. Greenspan](https://time.com/author/rachel-e-greenspan/) ## Rachel E. Greenspan Oct 28, 2019 2:50 PM UTC  President Donald Trump attends Game Five of the 2019 World Series between the Houston Astros and the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park on October 27, 2019 in Washington, D.C. President Donald Trump attends Game Five of the 2019 World Series between the Houston Astros and the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park on October 27, 2019 in Washington, D.C.Will Newton—Getty Images by [Rachel E. Greenspan](https://time.com/author/rachel-e-greenspan/) ## Rachel E. Greenspan Oct 28, 2019 2:50 PM UTC As [President Trump](https://time.com/5710634/john-oliver-donald-trump-kurds-last-week-tonight/) watched the Washington Nationals play the Houston Astros on Sunday night, not everyone in the crowd was happy with his presence. During Game 5 of the World Series at Nationals Park in Washington, Trump was met with sustained baseball fans’ boos when the announcer introduced President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump during the game’s third inning. Some also chanted “lock him up!” — a play off of the “lock her up” anti-Hillary Clinton chant that became a common phrase at Trump rallies ahead of the 2016 election. Others in the audience cheered, according to [Sunday’s White House pool reports](https://publicpool.kinja.com/subject-in-town-pool-report-15-1839403223). In videos of the game, the President and his wife clapped and smiling, despite the chants. It’s unclear whether or not they could hear over the crowd from their box, where other GOP lawmakers, including Sen. Lindsey Graham, joined them. Some fans also held up signs reading “VETERANS FOR IMPEACHMENT,” [according to CBS News](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-booed-world-series-lock-him-up-chant-break-out-during-game-5-between-astros-and-nationals/). > [](https://twitter.com/adamlongoTV/status/1188623821877760005) It was a big day for the Trump administration. Trump had [announced earlier](https://time.com/5711664/isis-baghdadi-killed-raid/) that day that [Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi](https://time.com/5711828/al-baghdadi-dead-isis-future/), the leader of [ISIS](https://time.com/5711845/al-baghdadi-trump-details-isis/), had been killed. But hours later, Trump stayed through the first seven innings of the game, CBS News reports. While Trump didn’t watch its ending, the Astros came out on top, beating Washington 7-1. Trump’s appearance at the game was his [first major league game since he took office](https://www.si.com/mlb/2019/10/28/donald-trump-booed-game-5-world-series-nationals-astros). In 2017, Trump reportedly declined an [invitation to throw out the first pitch](https://time.com/4716250/donald-trump-washington-nationals-mlb-opening-day/) for a Nationals game, a White House tradition dating back to President William Howard Taft’s Nationals pitch in 1910. Nationals principal owner Mark Lerner [told the Washington _Post_](https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/10/25/nationals-owner-mark-lerner-says-trump-has-every-right-come-world-series/) that he did not invite Trump to throw out the first pitch at Sunday’s game, but that the President had “every right to come” to the game. > [](https://twitter.com/JohnBerman/status/1188790689645109250) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5712054/trump-booed-nationals-game/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5712054/trump-booed-nationals-game/"},"headline":"President Trump Was Booed at the World Series Game and People in the Crowd Chanted 'Lock Him Up'","datePublished":"2019-10-28T14:50:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-24T07:39:14.995Z","description":"President Trump watched the Washington Nationals play the Astros on Sunday, but it wasn't just a walk in the park, as some fans booed.","url":"https://time.com/5712054/trump-booed-nationals-game/","keywords":["White House","politics","Sports"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb68a4723a78ad6d0/698a04f1457a524f4cd62ff5/trump-booed-nationals-game.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rachel E. 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