Tom Price Threw Out the First Pitch at a Nationals Game. Then Came the Boos

The Health and Human Services secretary got an earful from the Washington crowd Wednesday.

Health and Human Services secretary Tom Price had an embarrassing moment at a Washington Nationals game when a crowd erupted in boos as he threw the ceremonial first pitch.

.@SecPriceMD just threw out the first pitch at the Nats game. Mostly boos, a smattering of cheers from the light pregame crowd. http://pic.twitter.com/Ewvfw2qo1H

— Jordan Fabian (@Jordanfabian) August 9, 2017

Americans know Price as the vocal Trump administration cabinet member who campaigned to take health care away from millions. He lost that battle spectacularly as the so-called "skinny repeal bill" championed by Senate Republicans was defeated when three Republicans joined their Democratic colleagues to vote it down.

This week, Price earned a fresh round of criticism for announcing that the president will be defying the recommendation of his own bipartisan commission and refuse to declare a national emergency to combat the U.S. opioid epidemic.

 

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