In a message on Sunday, King wrote: “Trump says he won’t invite either team playing in the World Series to the White House. He can’t get over his petty political concerns, even for the great American game. If anything shows what a louse he is, it’s that.”
But the statement is incorrect and probably comes from a fake screenshot of Truth Social, supposedly from Trump, that read: “No matter who wins, I will refuse to invite either baseball team to my ballroom as they are both run by highly incompetent officials from California and Ontario, Canada. I do not receive losers. We are actively investigating MLB. This World Series is counterfeited, probably by the Democrats and the mafia.”
King tried to work it out in a follow-up post.
“If he invites one of the WS teams to the White House, I will be the most surprised libertard in history,” he wrote.
In a series of apologies at the time, he wrote: “This is what I get for reading something on Twitter without fact checking. That won’t happen again.”
This time, however, the southpaw was tagged with an ‘L.’ “No king,” a lot of cracked in reference to the nationwide protests against Trump’s authoritarian tendencies.
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“This year’s World Series brings together two exceptional teams that earned their place through talent and determination. As the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays battle for the Commissioner’s Trophy, they remind us why baseball brings friends and neighbors together. Melania and I send our best wishes to the players, coaches and fans for a fun and safe series. May the best team win, and may God bless our national pastime and the United States of America.”
