HOUSTON, TX. (THECOUNT) — Major League Baseball umpire, Rob Drake, is under investigation after the longtime umpire wrote on Twitter he would buy an AR-15 ahead of a feared second U.S. civil war if President Trump were to be impeached.
Drake, a 50-year-old full time MLB umpire, posted the remarks Tuesday before deleting them soon after. His account had been deactivated by Wednesday. He first began working for the league in 1999 before becoming a fulltime umpire in 2010.
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Drake via Twitter:
“I will be buying an AR-15 tomorrow, because if you impeach MY PRESIDENT this way, YOU WILL HAVE ANOTHER CIVAL [sic] WAR!!! #MAGA2020” Drake wrote, according to a copy of the since-deleted tweet obtained by ESPN, reports FOX32.
A spokesman for Major League Baseball said the league is aware of the Drake tweet and is looking into it.
Drake worked postseason games in 2010 and from 2012 to 2015. He was also on the crew at the All-Star Game in 2013, ESPN reported.
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