Price booed as he throws out first pitch at Nationals game
Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price was booed as he threw out the first pitch at the Washington Nationals Game on Wednesday.
Price was reportedly met with boos and only a few cheers when he took the mound at Nationals Park to toss the ceremonial first pitch, according to multiple people at the ball park.
Price was one of the administration’s public faces in trying to push through the ObamaCare repeal-and-replace bill, lobbying with lawmakers to get them to agree to the legislation and defending the measure on Sunday morning shows.
{mosads}Attendees of the baseball game reported the negative reaction to Price’s appearance on social media.
.@SecPriceMD just threw out the first pitch at the Nats game. Mostly boos, a smattering of cheers from the light pregame crowd. pic.twitter.com/Ewvfw2qo1H
— Jordan Fabian (@Jordanfabian) August 9, 2017
Tom Price, the Secretary of the Department of Health & Human Services, threw out the 1st pitch. He was booed.
— Jorge Castillo (@jorgeccastillo) August 9, 2017
Good thing for Tom Price there’s a small pre-game crowd because these boos would be a lot louder pic.twitter.com/KVHmokqpjV
— Shamik Trivedi (@ShamaiLama) August 9, 2017
Whoever told Tom Price this was a good idea should be fired https://t.co/vctM2letCT
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) August 9, 2017
The Nationals were playing the Miami Marlins at Nationals Park on Wednesday.
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