A Trump enthusiast from New York was reportedly denied entry to Citi Field after stadium staff spotted her wearing a MAGA hat.
Aura Moody, a board member of the Queens Village Republican Club, was reportedly prevented from entering the stadium on Wednesday, when the New York Mets defeated the Oakland Athletics, until she removed her cap.
According to a Facebook In a post about the incident, Moody was stopped as soon as she passed through security, and although she argued that it was her “first amendment right to wear the cap,” she was told she had to return to her car and leave her cap there if she wanted to attend the game.
“Is this the America you want to live in?” the post asked.
This comes amid rising national tensions in the run-up to November’s presidential election, with an exclusive DailyMail.com poll revealing that political divisions have alienated Americans more than ever on key issues.
Queens Village Republican Club board member Aura Moody was banned from entering Citi Field on Wednesday because she was wearing a MAGA hat.
Moody, pictured with former New York City Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa, was reportedly banned from the stadium because “supervisors told her the hat was too ‘political.'”
According to the post about the incident, Moody was attending Wednesday’s game with other members of the Queens Village Republican Club, located in the deep blue city of New York, which claims to be the oldest Republican club in the United States.
After going through security, Moody was allegedly stopped by a Mets employee, who told her she was not allowed to wear a red baseball cap with the words “Make America Great Again” on the front.
“We all know what that means,” the post said.
‘Aura argued for a while, but her friends wanted to go inside to watch the game. She went back to her car and left the cap there. She also spoke to a supervisor and filed a complaint.
“Friends, I really don’t care if you, despite Donald Trump, are not about that. Is this the America you want to live in?”
Spectators reacted with outrage following Moody’s alleged ejection from Citi Field after it was shared by journalist Miranda Devinewith a question: “Do they send people back to their car if they’re wearing a (Kamala) Harris t-shirt?”
Others called the move “ridiculous” and urged Moody to investigate whether their rights had been violated.
Citi Field did not immediately respond to a request for comment, nor did the Queens Village Republican Club. Moody could not be reached for comment.
Moody had already made a name for himself on the New York political scene, even leading a march through the streets of Manhattan to protest COVID-19 vaccines.
According to the Facebook post about Moody being banned from Citi Field, Moody was a New York teacher who lost her job after refusing to get vaccinated.
In a video shared with X, she was seen marching with a small group of anti-vaccine protesters last year, while raging against “unconstitutional COVID vaccine mandates.”
Moody’s group also appeared to be involved in mobilizing Trump supporters earlier this year, when the former president held an unprecedented event in the Bronx.
Moody’s group also appeared to be involved in mobilizing Trump supporters when the former president held an unprecedented event in the Bronx, where he was seen with rappers Sheff G and Sleepy Hallow.
At the event, former President Trump drew an estimated crowd of 25,000 people to his rally in the Bronx on Thursday afternoon, with many of the attendees noted to be Black and Hispanic voters.
Trump had been expected to almost completely avoid campaigning in his former home state of New York, which typically votes Democratic, but experts said they were surprised by the large numbers of people who turned out for the rally in May.
Trump’s Bronx crowd was packed with black and Hispanic voters, leading some to feel the rally marked a turning point in the Republican’s ability to win minority votes ahead of the November election.
Polls also show Trump has made significant gains among Black and Hispanic voters this election cycle, including an Ipsos poll that found African Americans were 20 percent less likely to vote for Democrats than they were in 2020.
Two June polls by AP-NORC also showed about 7 in 10 black Americans have a somewhat or very unfavorable view of Trump — a low favorability but a sharp uptick since Trump received just 8 percent in the last election.