A Trump supporter claims that she was prevented from entering the New York Mets stadium while wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat, and labeled it “political discrimination.”
Aura Moody explained to the New York Post that she, and her friend Taisha had been wearing MAGA hats and had gotten past the security checkpoint when they were informed they could not enter the Mets stadium, known as Citi Field. The ladies were informed by an employee that the hats were “too political.”
Moody and her friend were instructed to put the hats back in their car after the stadium worker informed them they were not allowed to place them in their bags.
“The United States of America is no longer the vehicle of freedom and tolerance,” Moody told the outlet. “I am living under a communist regime where our freedoms are trampled upon….that was the first thought that came to my mind.”
Moody and her friend, who serve on the board of the Queens Village Republican Club, had arrived at the game separately from other people from the Republican club, according to the outlet.
The New York Republican pointed out that if she had been wearing a hat supporting President Joe Biden or Black Lives Matter, staffers at the stadium “would have let” her inside without an issue.
“We are conservative people, we believe in tolerance,” Moody told the outlet. “If I was wearing a BLM, Biden, Harris hat, they would have let me go through.”
Moody added that after they had placed the MAGA hats back in the car, they discovered that “at least eight” people in their group were wearing MAGA hats.
“When I got into the venue, I did see at least eight MAGA hats,” Moody told the outlet.
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