Overview
- The DHS post, shared Tuesday on X before a nationally televised Red Sox–Yankees game, featured a Fenway Park photo with the line “Our nation and our people are worth fighting for.”
- DHS defended the message in a statement that praised baseball’s heritage and said the department will continue to promote what it called Americanism in public spaces.
- Red Sox president Sam Kennedy said the team was totally surprised and did not know about the post, reinforcing earlier statements that Fenway Sports Group had no role.
- Massachusetts Democrats criticized the use of the ballpark, and Rep. Seth Magaziner said he will press DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin to fire the agency’s social media team.
- Researchers said the post fits a pattern of DHS content that echoes far-right online motifs, noting fresh attention after a Red Sox reel of an all-white 1950s crowd drew praise from right-wing users.