Umpire Apologizes For Tweet About “Cival War”, AR-15 Purchase

By Cam Edwards

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Major League Baseball umpire Rob Drake has issued a statement apologizing for a tweet sent out earlier this week in which he said he was going to buy an AR-15, because if Donald Trump is impeached and removed from office, there’ll be a “cival war.” In the new statement, Drake says once he tweeted out his statement he “realized the violence in his words” and added that he can’t “unsay the words, but please accept my sincerest apologies.”

“I want to personally apologize to everyone that my words made feel less safe,” Drake said in the statement. “I especially want to apologize to every person who has been affected by gun violence in our country. I also acknowledge and apologize for the controversy this has brought to Major League Baseball, my fellow umpires and my family. I never intended to diminish the threat of violence from assault weapons, or violence of any kind.”

The apology comes after MLB commissioner Rob Manfred told reporters the league was investigating Drake’s tweet, which the Major League Baseball Umpires Association described as “the wrong way to convey his opinion about our great country.” The umpire group called Drake a “passionate …Read the Rest

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