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Not Just MSG: Trump Faces Wave Of Boos Across New York City

The president wasn't just booed inside the arena at Monday's Game 3 of the NBA Finals, he was booed elsewhere in New York City as well.

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It’s now well known that President Donald Trump was booed Monday night when he showed up at New York’s Madison Square Garden for Game 3 of the NBA Finals, between the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs. Trump watched the Knicks lose to the Spurs, making the series 2-1 in New York’s favor, as the Eastern Conference champions lost for the first time in more than a month.

And Trump wasn’t only booed in the arena when he was shown on the scoreboard during the National Anthem. According to one video, he was also greeted with a negative reception outside the arena.

Those boos appeared to break out when Trump was shown during the National Anthem at an official watch party in Bryant Park, less than a mile from the arena. The Bryant Park watch party was instead of the ones that have taken place outside the arena, although there’s been some disagreement over whether it was moved entirely because of the president’s presence at the game.

Social media users had some thoughts on the outdoor boos, coming in a city that is both Trump’s longtime hometown, but a place that has never voted for him in any of his presidential runs.

Photo courtesy of an X screenshot. 

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Stephen Silver

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Stephen Silver is an award-winning journalist, essayist and film critic, and contributor to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Broad Street Review and Splice Today. The co-founder of the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle, Stephen lives in suburban Philadelphia with his wife and two sons. Stephen has authored thousands of articles that focus on politics, technology, and the economy.

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