The reason, as detailed by a past President of the PBA, was that Mayor Sorace was incensed over a couple of Facebook comments the Chief’s wife had posted in support of President Trump.

This is why you don't give women power. Their own emotions are nearly always sovereign. No law, no reason, no restraint overrides the emotions of women. And if you defy their emotion, you're their enemy for life. This has been known and discussed about women for millennia.