President Biden’s recent declaration that the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is now “the law of the land” has drawn ridicule in his final days in office. Biden is not even safe from insults from Vice President-elect JD Vance.
Vance responded to Biden’s statement in a post on X, joking that Biden should put late MLB icon Pete Rose in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
“Hey Joe, if we’re doing fake things coming out, can you declare Pete Rose in the Hall of Fame?” Vance wrote. “See you in two days!”
Rose, who died in September, was banned for life from MLB for illegally betting on games.
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Cincinnati Reds Hall of Famer Pete Rose adjusts his cap as he takes the microphone during a pregame ceremony for the unveiling of the bronze statue of Pete Rose that will be installed outside the stadium before the game. MLB National League between the Cincinnati Reds and the Los Angeles Dodgers at the Great American. Ball Park in downtown Cincinnati on Saturday, June 17, 2017. (IMAGE)
rose was banned in 1989 after an investigation concluded that he not only bet on MLB games, but even bet on games involving the Cincinnati Reds when he managed the team.
Rose signed an agreement with Commissioner Bart Giamatti declaring him permanently ineligible for baseball, but allowing him to apply for reinstatement and avoid a formal declaration that he bet on baseball. Rose’s multiple appeals for reinstatement over the past few decades have failed.
As a player, Rose won three World Series titles, two with the Reds and one with the Phillies, while appearing in 17 All-Star games and winning the National League Most Valuable Player in 1973. He famously still holds the record for most hits in MLB history with 4,256.
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Pete Rose of the Philadelphia Phillies bats during a 1980 baseball game. Rose will make an appearance on the field in Philadelphia next month. Baseball’s career hits leader will be part of the Phillies’ alumni weekend and will be introduced on the field along with many former teammates from the 1980 World Series championship team on August 7. (AP Photo, file)
However, his betting scandal has made him one of the most controversial holdouts in the baseball Hall of Fame since his retirement. His absence from the Hall of Fame is one of the most heated controversies in sports.
So Vance had no reservations about referencing Rose’s famous Hall of Fame controversy to mock the outgoing president.
Citing the American Bar Association in the statement, Biden argued that the ERA has “cleared all hurdles necessary to be formally added to the Constitution.” Biden added who agreed with “the ABA and leading constitutional scholars that the Equal Rights Amendment has become part of our Constitution.” However, despite Biden’s argument, the National Archives disagreed.
President Biden has contracted COVID-19, the White House said. (Biden speaks at a rally in Virginia)
In a post about X calling the era the “law of the land”, implying that it 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.”
The ERA, a proposed amendment to the Constitution that would guarantee “equal rights under the law” to all Americans regardless of sex. Its latest version was a quick response by New York Democrats to the Dobbs v. Women’s Health Organization decision. Jackson to the Supreme Court in June 2022.
