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MLB umpire apologizes for threatening tweet over Trump impeachment inquiry

cmannphoto/iStock(NEW YORK) — A Major League Baseball umpire apologized for threatening to buy an AR-15 if President Trump is impeached.

Rob Drake said in a statement to ESPN on Thursday he especially wanted to apologize “to every person who has been affected by gun violence in our country… I never intended to diminish the threat of violence from assault weapons, or violence of any kind.”

Drake tweeted Tuesday he “will be buying an AR-15 tomorrow, because if you impeach MY PRESIDENT this way, YOU WILL HAVE ANOTHER CIVAL (sic) WAR!!! #MAGA2020.”

In his apology, he said he was “going to learn from

 

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