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Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas, left, waves to spectators while attending Game 4 of an American League Championship baseball series between the New York Yankees and the Houston Astros, in New York ALCS Astros Yankees Baseball, New York, United States - 23 Oct 2022

Ted Cruzdidn’t get the warmest welcome at New York City’s Yankee Stadium this weekend.

The controversial Texas senator, 51, attended Sunday night’s match-up against the Houston Astros wearing Astros colors and was met with several fans flipping him off at the home of the Bronx Bombers.

Cruz, who sat behind home plate decked out in his Astros colors, could be seen throughout the game standing up and cheering on his team. Unfortunately for Cruz, several Yankees fans greeted him with the opposite of cheers as he watched his team eliminate the Yankees from playoff contention.

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United States Senator Ted Cruz of Texas (top-L) stands during a Houston Astros at bat against the New York Yankees in the fourth game of the American League Championship Series between the Houston Astros and the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx borough of New York, New York, USA, 23 October 2022. MLB Houston Astros at New York Yankees, USA - 23 Oct 2022

The Astros ended up winning the game 6-5 and taking the series 4-0, as Cruz responded to the photo in question with the word “scoreboard” and the hashtag “#GoStros.” He shared an image of himself at the game earlier, writing “Minutes from opening pitch in Yankee Stadium.”

Another clip posted to Twitter shows Yankee fans heckling the senator with boos, calling him a “loser,” a “racist piece of s—,” and demanding he go “back to Cancun.” The last comment was in reference to the Republican’strip to Cancún in February 2021, when millions of Texans remained without power and water due to a winter storm that damaged the power grid.

Not all greetings were negative, though, as one man could be seen shuffling through the rows of Yankee Stadium to grab a selfie with the politician.

Responding to the viral Yankees appearance in an interview onThe Megyn Kelly ShowMonday, Cruz said the night was “spectacular” despite the angry reactions.

“I knew I was going into the belly of the beast, I was in bright orange Astros colors,” he continued. “I saw a few middle fingers, but frankly if you’re an Astros fan at a Yankees game, you gotta expect that.”

Investigative reporter Hunter Walker, who was at the game,tweeted that Cruz left the stadiumat the top of the sixth inning while the Astros were still tied with the Yankees.

Cruz wasin New Yorkfor an appearance on NBC’sThe View, which aired Monday morning.

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source: people.com