Trump calls for Pete Rose's Hall of Fame induction: 'Do it now before his funeral'

All-time MLB hits leader who was denied a place in the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown leaves a controversial legacy.

Former President Donald Trump has weighed in on Pete Rose's potential Hall of Fame induction.

Major League Baseball's all-time hit king died on Monday at the age of 83 due to hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

Rose has a complicated legacy, as his stats scream Hall of Fame, but due to gambling while he was a manager, he was placed on baseball's permanently ineligible list.

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Former President Donald Trump, left, wants Pete Rose in the Hall of Fame "now." (Getty/IMAGN)

Two years later, the Baseball Hall of Fame voted in 1991 to ban those on that list from ever being inducted. Thus, he remained a non-Hall of Famer.

The debate is now almost four decades old, and the consensus feeling is that Rose would eventually get into Cooperstown after his death.

That would inevitably be the case, but Trump does not want to wait any longer - he wants Rose in the Hall "now."

"The GREAT Pete Rose just died. He was one of the most magnificent baseball players ever to play the game. He paid the price!" Trump posted on both Truth Social and X during Tuesday night's vice presidential debate. "Major League Baseball should have allowed him into the Hall of Fame many years ago. Do it now, before his funeral!"

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Pete Rose waves to his fans during the unveiling of a bronze statue dedicated to him at Great American Ball Park on Saturday, June 17, 2017. (IMAGN)

MLB, despite the two parties’ differences, shared a statement about Rose. 

"Major League Baseball extends its deepest condolences to Pete Rose’s