“Bro got bored 45 minutes into the debate” - MLB fans react as Donald Trump calls out league for keeping Pete Rose out of the Hall of Fame

Former US President and presidential nominee Donald Trump called out MLB for not inducting Pete Rose into the Hall of Fame already. The all-time MLB hits leader died on Monday at the age of 83.

Rose, who leads MLB with 4,256 hits, has had a distinguished MLB career with an asterisk to follow while he was the manager of his hometown Cincinnati Reds. Rose gambled in baseball while serving as the Reds manager, resulting in the league banning him indefinitely.

His death has elucidated many remarks on his Hall of Fame status and joining them on Wednesday was Trump.

"The GREAT Pete Rose just died. He was one of the most magnificent baseball players ever to play the game. He paid the price! Major League Baseball should have allowed him into the Hall of Fame many years ago. Do it now, before his funeral! DJT," Trump wrote on X.

Upon seeing Donald Trump's reaction, a boatload of tweets came from fans.

"Bro got bored 45 minutes into the debate, he's so real," one fan commented.

"Given the timing, I think this is his funniest tweet ever," another wrote.

Many reactions were about Wednesday's vice presidential debate between Tim Walz and JD Vance.

"Vance is destroying Walz so bad in the debate, Trump turned it off and he's watching Pete Rose highlights on ESPN classic," one fan posted.

"You're not watching the debate President Trump? Vance is going to school Tim Walz. Rest in peace Pete rose," another added.

"Absolutely! This is absolutely based! 💯 Pete Rose for Hall of Fame! And Donald J. Trump for President!" one fan wrote.

"DJT not even watching the debate. What a gangster," another added.

Pete Rose's Hall of Fame status gets Stephen A. Smith consideration

Despite being rendered ineligible from baseball, Pete Rose could have still gotten a chance to make the Hall of Fame. However, in the months leading up to his first year of eligibility, for the first time, the board voted in favor of rendering anyone on MLB's permanently ineligible list to not get Hall of Fame consideration.

Following Rose's death, ESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith was not sold on him not getting the chance to make the Hall of Fame.

"A pox on all the damn houses of all of those Pete Rose critics; I can't stand y'all. Y'all make me sick," Smith said on Tuesday's episode of First Take. "This is the all-time hits leader. ... What we're talking about that he's been banned from baseball is him betting to win on his own team as their manager. Because of what he did as a manager, they tried to erase 23 years of commitment, of excellence."

"In this country, when we talk about the land of second chances, and you talk about forgiveness, and you're talking about people make mistakes: Murderers have been let off quicker than Pete Rose has. And baseball wants to sit up there with its high and mighty hypocritical selves and literally denigrate this man," Smith added.

According to ESPN, officials of Clark County, Nevada, have shared the reason for Pete Rose's death. He reportedly died because of hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease with significant diabetes mellitus, as per Melanie Rouse, Coroner for the Clark County Office.