Bleacher Report · Oct 25, 2019
Umpire Rob Drake Apologizes for Threatening Tweet over Trump Impeachment
MLB umpire Rob Drake issued an apology Thursday for his since-deleted tweet regarding President Donald Trump:
Jeff Passan Umpire Rob Drake, whose viral tweet yesterday about buying a gun for a coming civil war led to an investigation by Major League Baseball that remains ongoing, sent along a statement to ESPN apologizing for the tweet. The full statement: https://t.co/jPYX8ZHpzO
According to Jeff Passan of ESPN, Drake tweeted that he planned to buy an AR-15 rifle "because if you impeach MY PRESIDENT this way, YOU WILL HAVE ANOTHER CIVAL WAR!!! #MAGA2020."