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NY Mets scramble to apologize after woman wearing MAGA hat prevented from taking in game

August 21, 2024 | | Print Article

A diehard Donald Trump fan was banned from wearing a MAGA (Make America Great Again) hat at Citi Field by an employee causing a blowup that the New York Mets rushed to apologize for.

Aura Moody is a New York Republican and sits on the board of the Queens Village Republican Club. Pulling that stunt on the conservative turned out to be a big mistake considering it went viral.

“Aura Moody and her friend Taisha were both wearing MAGA hats when they arrived at the venue for the Mets game Wednesday night, along with other members of the Queens Village Republican Club,” the New York Post reported. “They had just made it past security when a Citi Field staffer told them they were not allowed inside with their Trump gear on.”

“The United States of America is no longer the vehicle of freedom and tolerance. I am living under a communist regime where our freedoms are trampled upon… that was the first thought that came to my mind,” Moody told the outlet.

According to Moody, she attempted to invoke her First Amendment rights a number of times. That didn’t work and the staffer informed her that the MAGA cap was “too political” and she would have to take it off. Even worse, the employee would not let them keep their hats in their bags and allegedly forced the women to make arrangements to put them back in their vehicle.

“Moody and Taisha – who are both on the board of the Queens Village Republican Club – only agreed to take their hats off because they were worried about inconveniencing the rest of their group, who were already in their seats,” the New York Post noted.

Before returning the hats to the car, Moody took a selfie of herself in her MAGA gear with Citi Field in the backdrop as “evidence” of the incident.

“We are conservative people, we believe in tolerance. If I was wearing a BLM, Biden, Harris hate, they would have let me go through,” Moody claimed calling the encounter “political discrimination.”

“With their offending hats safely stored in the car, Moody and her friend finally made it to their seats — only to realize that other members of their group who had entered separately from them had been allowed to keep their MAGA caps on,” the media outlet added.

Moody told the New York Post, “When I got into the venue, I did see at least eight MAGA hats.”

When the game ended, Moody attempted to file complaints with several staff members but was basically ignored. They told her to go online and file a complaint.

The Mets blamed the employee who mishandled the situation saying that they did not understand the organization’s attire policy. The team said it was intent on apologizing to Moody.

“A Mets employee was mistaken about our attire policy,” the team said in a statement that was issued on Saturday. “We are reaching out to Aura Moody to apologize and invite her back to the ballpark.”

Moody wants to make Americans aware of the political discrimination taking place against Republicans and former President Trump.

“I just want the American people to wake up,” she stated. “We are on the verge of communism, a system that confiscates private property, a system that is against meritocracy, a system that indoctrinates people.”

“I support President Donald Trump because he’s the people’s president. He is the only one who can save the United States of America from destruction from within by the Democrats and the radical left,” she contended.

One of the Republican’s friends shared her sentiments and posted on Facebook concerning the incident.

“Folks, I honestly don’t give a s–t if you despise Donald Trump. That is NOT what this is about!!! Is this the America that you want to live in?” the friend wrote on social media according to the New York Post.

Moody has had experience with other leftist totalitarian policies in New York as well.

“Moody’s grievances with more liberal policies go back a few years: In 2021, she claims, she was terminated from her job as a social worker in the New York City school system because she refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine,” the New York Post recounted.

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