Security removed two men from Yankee Stadium — one apparently in handcuffs — after the pair displayed a massive pro-Donald Trump banner during Thursday night’s game.
What happened?
Photos and videos posted on social media from Thursday night’s game show the men unraveling the banner which said, “Trump Won, Save America,” and draping over the second deck behind first base.
In footage posted by Sports Illustrated reporter Max Goodman, fans can be heard loudly booing the men while others appeared to clap and cheer. At one point, one angry fan attempts to jump up and grab the banner to pull it down.
A couple fans at Yankee Stadium just unveiled a massive banner that reads “Trump Won Save America”
Sounded like th… https://t.co/dCDXvz2BIZ
— Max Goodman (@Max Goodman)1622161454.0
Goodman wrote in the post that it “sounded like the entire crowd was booing until security confiscated the banner, which then resulted in a loud cheer.”
Photos captured by the New York Post appear to show the two men struggling with security guards who were attempting to confiscate the banner.
In another video posted on Facebook, one of the two men is seen being escorted out of the stadium in handcuffs surrounded by a group of four or five security guards while the other man follows behind unrestrained.
As the two men were removed, fans flipped them off and shouted something along the lines of “Get Them Out!”
What else?
Lindsey Adler, who covers the Yankees for The Athletic, wrote in a tweet, “Lots of booing here after some jabronis unfurled a ‘TRUMP WON’ banner off the second deck. (He didn’t).”
“Now we have extremely loud cheering as the conspiracy theory banner people are led out of the section by security,” she added in another tweet.
The incident occurred during the second game of a doubleheader between the New York Yankees and the Toronto Blue Jays.
One of the men involved in the incident appears to be Don Cini, who describes himself on Twitter as a “Guerilla Marketeer, Founder of OperationFlagDrop and ‘Professional Provacatuer.'”
Anything else?
While it’s fair to wonder if a similar banner promoting a Democratic politician would have been treated in the same fashion, Yankee Stadium official policies permit security to remove banners or signs at their discretion:
Banners and signs are permitted provided they are baseball-related, in good taste, not of a commercial nature and not supported by wood, metal or other materials that could be injurious in a crowded public setting. Banners and signs may not obstruct the view of other Guests or Yankee Stadium advertising signage or be affixed to the Stadium in any manner. Banners and signs may be carried through the stands between innings only. Banners and signs may not be displayed in fair territory. Any banner or sign may be removed, at any time, at the sole and absolute discretion of the Yankees.
Similarly, the stadium says, “Guests who refuse to follow the direction of Yankee Stadium Team Members or who do not comply with the Guest Code of Conduct face immediate ejection and revocation of season tickets and/or future ticket privileges without refund.”
According to a Quinnipiac poll released Wednesday, two-thirds of Republican voters do not think President Joe Biden’s defeat of Donald Trump in the 2020 election was legitimate.
It is free speech. Of course the commie liberals have suppressed that too.
Trump Won! Idiots can’t handle the TRUTH!
TRUMP WON !! These STUPID Fvcks won’t let me post. Commies !!!
Free speech is only for the Libotards these days. It is disgusting!
Shows that NY is still DEMWITT CENTRAL even with the CORRUPT MAYOR and GOVERNOR!
free speech BABY.if it was a pro communist banner, they wouldn’t have touched it.
Brain dead nobody home mind set
We have lost our freedom of speech!!!
Marxist left can’t face the truth soon all hell will break loose.Fight for your freedom from the hate the USA, Dem’s MAGA.
I guess the guy who tried to jump up and pull the banner down doesn’t like to see the truth.
One more reason to not watch baseball.
Free speach is gone, and the government is forcing a deadly “vaccine.” And New Yorkers are happy about their loss of freedom? And, he did win.
Sounds like the sheeple of NY are still in a coma. Unbelievable and frikin scary.
It is very dangerous to tell the truth in a nation of lies. Ron Paul
“SAVE AMERICA”
*are YOU ready??
Sue the crap out of them. The whole damned city is nothing but a SEWER, with the all the people there nothing but SEWER RATS. They deserve to never have another business open in that damned SEWER HOLE.
If it was a blm banner they wouldn’t have removed them. They might have given them free hotdogs and beer.
TRUMP WON !! The COMMIE LIBS Working for The CHICOMS STOLE THE ELECTION !!
You are absolutely correct. What a shame. I love baseball; it’s what I grew up with but since the left and minorities have taken it over I have decided to never attend another game. Now and again I watch a game on tv but will not buy anything being advertised there. Same goes for football but no watching TV games. Those filthy rich players and owners will be asking for subsidies pretty soon.
As a side note the Richmond flying squirrels deserve to be called “sick puppies”.
Stretching the half time to full time and making the seventh inning stretch starting with batter up in the first is somewhat painful but until they come to their senses spectators should find other ways to spend their sport dollars
I do wish that people who scream ‘Free Speech’ everytime something like this happens would take the time to read the entire First Amendment. Trump lost – get over it!!! unfortunately, there is no cure for stupid.
Jason, you really are a head case. Exiled President Donald J Trump is still our President, not pResident Joey Byedumb.
Do they have a ‘Cry Closet’ at Yankee Stadium for all the LabiaTards???
Geez, I thought New York’ers still had Balls?
Apparently I was wrong.
Apologies to all that are still caught behind Enemy Lines. It’s gonna get wierder before it gets betterer…I mean Great Again !!!!
You would think some of them could at least see how great they had it under Trump. But I guess they don’t like the guy that says mean things. They would rather vote for the pedophile…
Of course it is free speech but that isn’t allowed in Yankee Stadium. Personally I would have cheered. Trump didn’t win but the sentiment is that he should have.
Anyhow, the rest of the story: I got from a leftist source that followed the cops and these two out. The cuffs were removed during their walk out. They were given the banner back, had a good laugh with the police and were allowed to leave. No arrest, nothing but escorted out. The leftist site I read Huffpo I think, was very upset at the cops for not arresting these two. Really who knows? It was a great stunt! Showed the bballer fans for what they are.
Seems to be some credibility popping up that Trump very well indeed could have won. Dominion has admitted “human error” in the voting.
This just proves liberalism is a mental illness. Look at what is happening in NY and they are still for the idiot in the Whitehouse
If that was a “crowd” then the MLB is in bad shape.
Could not have been more than 10 – 15 % of the seats filled.
I will choose to spend my $$$ elsewhere
States should enact laws that prohibit/ban/make it illegal for people (marxists i.e. any registered democrat) from NY, CA, IL, WA, DC from moving into their state on the grounds that they are enemies of the USA.
It is not the states responsibility. It is the individual who keeps enemies at bay
The reaction from the morons that still go to baseball, football and bouncyball games is expected as they are the only ones paying attention to these political games. Real Americans have turned off pro sports. Let them have their moment, soon these pleasure palaces and their overpaid monkey shows will fail financially and be gone.
lol Jackie Robinson was the first to use his platform for justice. You saying he is no good as well? He marched with King for change. There is a lot of good in this country and there are also things that need to change and that starts with all Americans having respect for each other. I often here communist thrown at the left when all I here is people trying to stop American democracy. Trump won 4 years ago and the left should respect that. Same goes for Biden. I’m about being respectful to all. But I’m sure you will see a negative response from this post instead of trying to understand. That is if you are not prejudice.
I’m sure that large banner did not prevent good people from enjoying the game.
As usual, the liberals are always the ones so easily offended but yet they always preach tolerance and inclusion.
You are so right! Just like those liberals from Jan 6th. I think they were?