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‘This is our f–ing city’: Backlash ensues after DHS uses Fenway Park photo in social media post
“This is our f–ing city, and nobody is going to dictate our freedom,” Rep. Seth Moulton wrote.
The Department of Homeland Security featured Boston’s Fenway Park in a Tuesday night social media post, prompting prompt and biting backlash from Bostonians.
“Our nation and our people are worth fighting for,” the caption said on a photo of Fenway Park, bathed in a pastel sunset, emblazoned with the words “Worth fighting for.”
A string of online denouncements ensued. North Shore Rep. Seth Moulton, who is running for Senate, responded in a repost on X.
“This is our f***ing city, and nobody is going to dictate our freedom,” Moulton wrote, using the full expletive.
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Moulton’s post quoted David Ortiz’s now-iconic declaration made at Fenway a week after the Boston Marathon bombing.
The post was shared in the middle of a Red Sox-Yankees game at Fenway Park, one of the most iconic baseball parks in the country.
“Get Fenway Park out of this picture and stay out our f’n city,” one person wrote on X. “Don’t use a sacred temple to promote your agenda!!!!” another replied.
On Instagram, the reaction was similar. Boston, a so-called sanctuary city, and the surrounding area has repeatedly been targeted by the Trump administration, from ICE crackdowns to student detainments and repeated lawsuits.
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“Writing in from Boston: you don’t represent us, and from where did you get this pixelated photo,” one person commented, which had garnered dozens of likes. “Keep our name out of your mouth,” another person said.
Some commenters tagged Fenway Park and the Red Sox, asking for them to get the post removed.
Fenway Park confirmed to Boston.com that the park had no involvement with the post but did not comment further.
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