{"id":651681,"date":"2026-05-19T04:28:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T04:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/651681\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T04:28:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T04:28:13","slug":"washington-nationals-ban-spectator-over-white-nationalist-save-america-banner-washington-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/651681\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Nationals ban spectator over white nationalist \u2018Save America\u2019 banner | Washington Nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington Nationals<\/a> have identified at least one person who will be banned from the ballpark after a banner promoting a white nationalist website was unfurled in the crowd during Sunday\u2019s game.<\/p>\n

A team spokesperson also said the Nationals are coordinating with District of Columbia police on an investigation.<\/p>\n

In addition to the website, the banner included a call to \u201cSAVE AMERICA\u201d and \u201cDEPORT 100+ MILLION\u201d before it was quickly taken down.<\/p>\n

The Nationals, who lost the game 7-3 to the Baltimore Orioles, have a \u201cSalute to Service\u201d during games, honoring veterans and military personnel before the fourth inning. It was then that the banner was unfurled in the upper deck of the stadium.<\/p>\n

An usher attempted to confiscate the banner but the three individuals holding the sign pulled it back and fled, according to a team spokesperson. The individuals resisted the usher\u2019s efforts to remove the banner before fleeing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Washington Nationals vehemently condemn discriminatory and hateful rhetoric, and we strive to make our home field a safe space for our fans,\u201d the team said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The team\u2019s policy on banners and signs mostly requires that they be related to baseball, with some allowances for messages about the broadcasting entity or birthdays, anniversaries and \u201csimilar family-friendly greetings.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jake Lang, a 6 January rioter and conservative influencer, took credit for the banner on social media. The Athletic reported that it is not clear how the banner got through security. The stadium\u2019s magnetometers are able to detect weapons but would not flag something like a nylon sign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Washington Nationals have identified at least one person who will be banned from the ballpark after a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":651682,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[363,99],"class_list":["post-651681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=651681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/651682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=651681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=651681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=651681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}