Trump fan sues Mets for $2 million over MAGA hat ban at Citi Field: “Emotional distress”

This Trump supporter is taking tough action against the New York Mets.

Aura Moody is seeking $2 million in damages from the team and Citi Field. According to a lawsuit filed in federal court in Brooklyn on Sept. 6, she was denied entry to the stadium last month until she removed her “Make America Great Again” hat.

The Republican from Saint Albans, Queens, insisted that the ban violated her freedom of speech and caused her “emotional distress.”

“This country is meant to be a beacon of freedom for all,” Moody, 64, who is representing herself, told the Post.

She accuses the Mets of “racial discrimination and political retaliation” as well as “defamation”.

Moody, a social worker and mother of two, said she and her friend were wearing MAGA hats when they arrived at Citi Field for a Mets game against the Oakland A’s on Aug. 14.

They were with eight other members of the Queens Village Republican Club.

They had just made it through security when a Citi Field employee told them they were not allowed in wearing their Trump gear, she said.

Moody said she tried several times to invoke her First Amendment rights, but the staffer told her the MAGA cap was “too political” and she had to take it off.

Moody and her friend – both of whom are on the club’s board of directors – only agreed to remove their hats because they were afraid of inconveniencing the rest of their group, who were already seated.

Moody “attempted to de-escalate the situation” and asked if she could put her MAGA hat in her bag, but was told, “No, because you can put the hat back on when you get to your seat. You must take the MAGA hat out of the stadium,” court records say.

Moody “knew she was being racially attacked and politically persecuted because she was a black woman wearing a MAGA hat, so she demanded to speak to a supervisor,” she said in the lawsuit.

When Moody asked the head of security if she had to take her MAGA hat with her outside Citi Field, the head of security replied, “That’s the rule.”

As a result, the two women were forced to call the friend they were carpooling with to put the hats back in the car, Moody claimed.

When Moody “finally arrived at her seat, she noticed white individuals wearing MAGA hats and MAGA clothing” – other members of her group, she said in the lawsuit.

“A Mets employee made a mistake regarding our dress code,” the team initially said.

“We are reaching out to Aura Moody to apologize and invite her back to the stadium.”

The lawsuit confirms that a team representative called Moody on August 17 and “apologized on behalf of the New York Mets” and assured her that “there are no rules against wearing a MAGA hat and staff have been re-trained.”

The Mets had no comment on the lawsuit, said Nancy Elder, a team spokeswoman.

Moody told the Post that she has not returned to Citi Field since the MAGA hat fiasco and is not sure if she ever will.

“It was embarrassing. It was heartbreaking. It was shocking. It was humiliating. So how can I go back? It may take some time,” she said.