https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/27/politics/donald-trump-melania-world-series-nationals-astros/index.htmlWashington (CNN)President Donald Trump received cheers and boos from a World Series crowd Sunday night as he was displayed on Nationals Park's video screen.
The chilly reception, which came during a ballpark-wide salute to US service members, wasn't particularly surprising in predominantly liberal Washington, DC -- and at a time when Trump is facing an impeachment inquiry -- though it came on the same day that the President announced the US killed ISIS founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the world's most wanted terrorist.
The President and first lady Melania Trump were sitting in a suite behind home plate at Nationals Park, joined by some Republican members of Congress, including Sen. Lindsey Graham, and Reps. Steve Scalise and Matt Gaetz, when they were shown on the big screen in right field during a salute to veterans.
As a shot of US troops came on the screen during the Nationals' "Wave Your Caps" mid-inning segment, the stadium erupted in cheers before a shot of Trump appeared.
The crowd's response shifted to boos instead of cheers, to which Trump smiled and continued to wave. The screen then cut back to the troops and read, "thank you for your service." The boos dropped off, but some could still be heard.
After the salute was over, people in some sections of the crowd pointed angrily at the suite Trump was sitting in and chanted "lock him up."
In the outfield seats, the boos and chants of "lock him up" rang loud.
Trump was later seen watching intensely during the traditional Presidents' Race, which pits giant caricatures of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt in a race. The 45th President did not applaud when Roosevelt won.
Trump also did not participate in the crowd's "Baby Shark" cheer -- in which fans make a chomping motion with their arms in time to the viral children's song -- during Nationals outfielder's Gerardo Parra's at-bat.
