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MLB “Looking Into” Umpire Who Threatened Civil War over Trump’s Impeachment

HeadlineOct 25, 2019

Major League Baseball is reviewing the status of Bob Drake, one of its senior umpires. Just ahead of Game 2 of the World Series Wednesday night, he tweeted, “will be buying an AR-15 tomorrow, because if you impeach MY PRESIDENT this way, YOU WILL HAVE ANOTHER CIVAL [sic] WAR!!! #MAGA2020.” He’s since deleted his Twitter account and apologized.

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