Trump booed at World Series, heckled with chants of 'Lock him up!'

President Trump gets booed at the World Series.
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President Trump was booed so loudly during Game 5 of the World Series on Sunday night that the jeering almost reached 100 decibels — the equivalent of a handheld drill or motorcycle in motion.

This was Trump's first visit to a professional baseball stadium as president, and just might be his last, as he was also heckled with chants of "Lock him up!" Two men sitting behind home plate unfurled a sign that read "Veterans for Impeachment," and video shows several fans holding up their middle fingers at Trump.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.