Trump Urges Hall of Fame to Finally Enshrine Roger Clemens

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00:00Trump urges Hall of Fame to finally enshrine Roger Clemens.

00:04As a Hall of Fame vote nears, Donald Trump urges baseball to put Roger Clemens in Cooperstown.

00:10Clemens is on the contemporary baseball-era committee ballot.

00:1416 members can vote for up to 3, needing 75%.

00:17The ballot covers players who made their primary impact after 1980.

00:22Clemens shares the ballot with Barry Bonds, Carlos Delgado, Jeff Kent, Don Mattingly,

00:27Dale Murphy, Gary Sheffield, and Fernando Valenzuela.

00:31Trump used Truth Social to argue Clemens deserves induction, writing,

00:36He was acquitted of all charges.

00:38Previously denied, he got 65.2% from writers in 2022, last pitched in 2007,

00:45and retired with 354 wins and 7 Cy Young Awards.

00:50On Saturday, Trump urged the committee to do the right thing and highlighted 6 World Series appearances.

00:55He added, he never tested positive, and when the Obama DOJ went after him,

01:01Roger was fully acquitted of all charges.

01:04Whether the committee heeds that plea remains unknown,

01:07but debate over Clemens' legacy will flare once votes are revealed.