Donald Trump (Still) Wants Pete Rose in the Hall of Fame

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Donald Trump (Still) Wants Pete Rose in the Hall of Fame
For more than thirty years, Pete Rose has been on the outside of baseball looking in and, because reasons, he reached out to Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred on Wednesday asking to be removed from the game’s ineligible list.

“There cannot be one set of rules for Mr. Rose and another for everyone else,” Rose’s 20-page petition for reinstatement states, referencing the recent Houston Astros debacle. “No objective standard or categorization of the rules violations committed by Mr. Rose can distinguish his violations from those that have incurred substantially less severe penalties from Major League Baseball.”

And while a lot of the baseball world is clearly shrugging off Rose’s latest attempt to be un-banned…it’s clear one man is (still) going to bat for the man.

President Donald J. Trump.

Saturday, Trump took time out from his normal weekend tweetstorm to sing the praises of baseball’s all-time hit king.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1226251504086065152

For years, Trump has been championing Rose’s reinstatement and, more importantly, his induction into the Hall of Fame. Back in January 2017, the then president-elect even met with Manfred at Trump Tower.

Now, if Trump’s latest tweet about Rose looks familiar…there’s this from December 2015.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/676540954325708800

July 2015.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/620914052374659072

April 2015.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/590508660809424896

Two months before that.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/565853788054228992

June 2014.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/478847600838201344

January 2014

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/422555587818565632

Those four separate times from December 2013.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/410812210839973889

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/410504039382536192

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/410424171747758080

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/410147857656598528

And all the rest of the times.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/367961726551343104

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/364919985916743681

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/364586300671664128

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/342255839308050433

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/291964364209156096

Whether you are a Trump supporter or not, one has to appreciate his tenacity and willingness to stick to his beliefs, right? That said, it is disappointing we never did get to see Rose on “The Celebrity Apprentice”.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/549538435934191617

And, yes, we all would’ve watched.

Donald Trump (Still) Wants Pete Rose in the Hall of Fame

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