Imagine being a SoCal lib, hyped for Dodgers season… then they meet Trump 🤣
Add baseball to their cancel list, next to Teslas and Target. Libs keep LOSING!
Picture this: you’re a Southern California liberal, basking in the glow of spring 2025, counting down to the Los Angeles Dodgers’ season opener. The Boys in Blue, fresh off a 2024 World Series win, are your pride—sun-soaked games at Chavez Ravine, a beer in hand, a respite from Trump’s tariff chaos and Vance’s inflation warnings. Then, on April 5, the bombshell drops: the Dodgers visit the White House to meet President Donald Trump, their second championship photo-op with him after 2020. X erupts with “Trump shakes hands with Mookie Betts!” and suddenly, your safe space—baseball—lands on the cancel list alongside Teslas and Target. “Libs keep losing!” MAGA fans cackle, and for SoCal’s blue brigade, it’s a gut punch wrapped in a laugh.
The visit was pure Trump. Welcoming the team with VP J.D. Vance at his side, he grinned for cameras, tossing out, “Best team, best president—winning bigly!” Betts, Freddie Freeman, and Shohei Ohtani posed with the trophy, a scene Dodgers brass called “an honor” in a press release. Trump, in his second term since January, leaned into it—touting his 2024 landslide (332 electoral votes over Harris) and tariffs (20% on Canada, 10% on Europe) as “home runs for America.” For MAGA X users, it’s gold: “Dodgers + Trump = unstoppable—libs crying!” The photo—Trump hoisting a jersey—racked up 2 million views, a red-hat victory lap in blue SoCal’s face.
For SoCal libs, it’s betrayal. LA County voted 54% for Harris in 2024 (Edison), a bastion of progressive dreams—vegan tacos, Prius lanes, “defund” chants. Baseball was supposed to be neutral ground, a cultural glue beyond politics. Now, X seethes with their dismay: “Dodgers dead to me—Trump’s poison,” one tweeted, while another mourned, “First Tesla’s fascist, then Target’s woke—now this?” The cancel spiral’s real—Teslas shunned for Musk’s Trump ties, Target boycotted over Pride gear—and baseball’s addition stings. “Imagine being this triggered,” a MAGA troll replied, laughing emoji in tow, as “Libs keep losing” trends.
Trump’s orbit makes it worse. His tariffs—gas at $4.20, groceries up 7%—already chafe SoCal’s wallet, with the Dow off 1,200 points since March. His golf snub of fallen soldiers and Leavitt’s CNN ban fuel the “fascist” cries, yet here’s Betts, a Black superstar, shaking his hand. “Mookie, how could you?” an X user wailed, a rift between fandom and ideology. Dodgers management shrugged—CEO Stan Kasten called it “tradition”—but libs see capitulation. “They’re normalizing him,” a Santa Monica barista told LA Times, vowing to skip games. On X, #BoycottDodgers gains steam, though ticket sales hold steady—$150 million projected for 2025.
MAGA revels in the meltdown. “Libs canceling baseball now—keep losing, snowflakes!” an X post gloated, tying it to Trump’s “saves” from Clinton and Harris. The Dodgers’ 2020 Trump meet, post-Biden transition snub, set the stage—this redux just twists the knife. “SoCal tears taste better than Dodger Dogs,” another tweeted, as memes flood feeds: Trump in a Dodgers cap, Ohtani with a MAGA hat photoshopped on. Trump’s 47% approval (Gallup, March) thrives on this—rural and Rust Belt love outweighing coastal scorn. “Absolute legend!” fans chant, seeing him turn blue icons red.
Libs fight back, but it’s feeble. “Baseball’s not political—Trump made it a circus,” an X detractor argued, clinging to nostalgia. Some pivot—cheering the Angels instead—but the Dodgers’ 8 million SoCal fans dwarf rivals. “We’re not losing; we’re principled,” a UCLA prof tweeted, a cope drowned by MAGA’s “L’s” pile-up: Harris’s defeat, Vance’s rise, tariff wins like Vietnam’s zero-duty deal. Trump’s Netanyahu-Vance talks and Bondi’s Gibson move flex his grip—baseball’s just another scalp. “Imagine being this owned,” an X troll jabbed, laughing at lib dismay.
The irony’s thick. Dodgers Nation—diverse, working-class, immigrant-heavy—mirrors LA’s soul, yet Trump’s touch sparks elitist recoil. “They’ll watch anyway,” a season-ticket holder told ESPN, noting 2024’s 4.1 million attendance. X debates rage—“Sellouts!” versus “It’s just sports”—but the scoreboard’s clear: Trump’s 2-0 against SoCal’s cancel dreams. Ted Cruz’s 2026 “bloodbath” warning looms, but for now, MAGA’s winning streak holds. “Libs keep losing!” rings true as Betts grins beside Trump, a photo that’ll haunt lib feeds all season.
Imagine it: your Dodgers hype, crushed by a handshake. Baseball joins the blacklist—Teslas, Target, now this—and Trump’s laugh echoes from D.C. to LA. “Absolute legend!” his base roars, while SoCal libs stew, outmaneuvered again. Opening day’s April 10—will they boo or boycott? X bets on the former, chuckling all the way. 🤣
