Well, what do you know. There's actually an American tradition of booing presidents at baseball games.
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In 1936, the class traitor FDR even managed to get booed at an event at his alma mater.
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I feel like this is a good time to recommend the late Lawrence W. Levine's book about the rough, democratic, boisterous, rude (not to say also racist and misogynist) culture of the 19th century U. S., which featured lots of public booing and jeering.
amazon.com/Highbrow-Lowbr
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1951's version of "Lock Him Up": A fan at the ballpark shouting "Where's MacArthur?" to Truman.
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Related, this excellent work. The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War amazon.com/dp/1250234581/
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Thin-skin will have Trump demanding credit card receipts of all who bought tickets : remember his mantra is REVENGE.
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Yeah, but except for Harding did they ever before "Lock him up!"?
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FWIW every Australian PM gets boo-ed heaps, always, and at each and every sporting event he/she attends. It's bipartisan and non-discriminatory on the part of the citizens. 😆
Perhaps healthier (?) than giving the Prez some kind of Kingish status that is not earned.
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