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. MLB UMPIRE JOE WEST SUES EX-CATCHER PAUL LO DUCA OVER BRIBERY CLAIMS“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. This isn’t Russia, Venezuela, Cuba,” Drake also wrote, according to separate unverified screenshots of his account activity posted by a Twitter user.

Source: Fox News October 24, 2019 05:22 UTC