Texas Tech kicker flashes MAGA jersey after scoring touchdown during trick play

Texas Tech kicker Reese Burkhardt had a career moment Saturday when he scored a touchdown on a fake field goal and then yelled at former President Trump.

After making a surprise throw and running around TCU defenders to get into the end zone in the second quarter, Burkhardt pulled up his jersey to reveal a shirt that read “Trump 24 MAGA.”

Texas Tech ended up losing a heartbreaker 35-34 to TCU, but Burkhardt was the talk of the town. Trump supporters praised the senior kicker, while liberals criticized him and the program on social media.

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Burkhardt's stunt is just the latest in a string of Trump shutouts at major sporting events.

Texas Tech Red Raiders placekicker Reese Burkhardt (38) celebrates after running a trick play for a touchdown against the TCU Horned Frogs in the second quarter at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas on October 26, 2024. (Tim Heitman/Imagn Images)

During Game 1 of the World Series between the Dodgers and Yankees in Los Angeles on Friday night, a woman sitting behind home plate appeared to be wearing a MAGA hat, sparking a wave of reactions online.

Meanwhile, some MAGA gear at sporting events has met resistance from security.

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One woman appeared to be wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat. (Alex Slitz/Getty Images)

On September 28, the Arizona Cardinals apologized to a woman, Susan Rosene, who was told she had to remove a “Make America Great Again” Hats off to entering State Farm Stadium for the team's game against the Los Angeles Rams.

In the spring and summer of 2021, a man was ejected from MLB games at Yankee Stadium, Fenway Park, and Citizens Bank Park for hanging banners in the stands reading “Trump won!” Save America!

The man, Dion Cini, now a conservative political influencer on X, has repeatedly posted body camera footage of his police escorts out of stadiums.

On June 27 of that year, Cini posted images on X, then known as Twitter, of a purported letter from MLB informing him that he had been excluded from MLB games until further notice. order.

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Police respond after a man named Dion Cini unfurls a banner in support of former President Trump during the fourth inning of Game 2 of a doubleheader between the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium, May 27, 2021, in the Bronx borough. of New York City. (Sarah Stier/Getty Images)

Cini commented on the incident involving Rosener in a previous interview with Fox News Digital.

“This is exactly the country we have become, and the fact that she did it and put it in a can is why they asked her to do it, because they know that she would probably obey. And that basically sums up the whole state of America right now,” Cini said. “You would have to kill me for me to take off my MAGA hat without force! I have never taken off my MAGA hat for anyone.”

Other banners were seen in the past at Yankee Stadium in support of the former president.

Fans also supported Trump at NFL and college football games as well as UFC events.

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