MLB umpire's tweets opposing Trump impeachment prompt investigation

[SFC13557]

"Major League Baseball said Wednesday it has launched an investigation after a longtime umpire wrote on Twitter he would buy a semi-automatic rifle ahead of a feared second U.S. civil war if President Trump were to be impeached.

Rob 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 full-time umpire in 2010."
“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."
MLB umpire's tweets opposing Trump impeachment prompt investigation

 

[MisterHappy]

OpSec.

It's different from calling balls and strikes.

 

[johnnymac101]

And... you're out!

I'm sure this will not bode well with MLB

 

[Jason Flare]

If Trump is impeached I’m going to buy a book.

Next stop, Gulag.

 

[SFC13557]

And... you're out!

I'm sure this will not bode well with MLB

Of course not but since it's his personal account they should mind their own business. What would they do if a player posted that message? Nothing because the Union would stick up for him.