President Biden’s recent declaration that the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) has become the “law of the land” drew ridicule in the final days of his presidency. Biden is not immune to insults from Vice President-elect J.D. Vance.
Vance responded to Biden’s proclamation in a post on X, joking that Biden should induct disgraced MLB icon Pete Rose into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
“Hey, Joe, if we’re faking it — could you please declare Pete Rose a Hall of Famer on the way out?” Vance wrote. “See you in two days!”
Rose, who died in September, was permanently banned from MLB for illegal gambling.
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Cincinnati Reds Hall of Famer Pete Rose attends the pregame unveiling of the Pete Rose statue outside the stadium prior to the MLB National League game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Great American. Adjusting his hat while taking the microphone at the ceremony. Saturday, June 17, 2017 at the ballpark in downtown Cincinnati. (Imagination)
Rose was suspended in 1989 after an investigation concluded that he not only gambled on MLB games, but also bet on Cincinnati Reds games while he was the team’s manager.
Rose signed a contract with commissioner Bart Giamatti declaring him permanently ineligible to play baseball, but decided to petition for reinstatement and avoid a formal declaration that he was betting on baseball. Permitted. Over the past few decades, Mr. Rose has unsuccessfully appealed numerous times to be reinstated.
As a player, Rose won three World Series championships, two with the Reds and once with the Phillies, appeared in 17 All-Star Games, and was named National League MVP in 1973. It is well known that he still holds the record for the most hits in MLB history with 4,256 hits.
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Pete Rose of the Philadelphia Phillies stands at bat during a 1980 baseball game. Rose is expected to appear on the field in Philadelphia next month. Baseball’s career hitting leader will be participating in the Phillies’ Alumni Weekend, appearing on the field on Aug. 7 with many of his former teammates from the 1980 World Series championship team. (AP photo, file)
However, his gambling scandal has made him one of the most controversial figures in the Baseball Hall of Fame since his retirement. His absence from the Hall of Fame is one of the most hotly debated debates in sports.
So Vance had no qualms about referencing Rose’s famous Hall of Fame controversy to mock the outgoing president.
In a statement, Biden cited an opinion from the American Bar Association, arguing that the ERA “has cleared all the necessary hurdles to be formally added to the Constitution.” Biden added, “I agree with the ABA and leading constitutional scholars that the Equal Rights Amendment is now part of our Constitution.” But despite Biden’s claims, the National Archives disagreed.
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The White House announced that President Biden has been infected with the new coronavirus. (Mr. Biden speaks at a rally in Virginia)
The post on X refers to the ERA as the “Land Act” and implies that the ERA is already part of the Constitution, which is not the case. Social media users were quick to point this out, with some calling the president a “dictator.”
ERA, a constitutional amendment that guarantees “equal rights under the law” to all Americans, regardless of gender. Its latest iteration was the New York Democratic Party’s swift response to the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision in June 2022.
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