President Donald Trump is going to bat for Roger Clemens to make the Baseball Hall of Fame — despite rampant speculation that he used steroids late in his career.

In a post to Truth Social on Sunday afternoon, the president shared that he had just played golf with the 11-time All-Star pitcher and then stumped for him to make it to Cooperstown.

“He should be in the Baseball Hall of Fame, NOW!” Trump wrote. “People think he took drugs, but nothing was proven. He never tested positive, and Roger, from the very beginning, totally denies it. He was just as great before those erroneous charges were leveled at him. That rumor has gone on for years, and there has been no evidence whatsoever that he was a ‘druggie.'”

Clemens did indeed deny under oath to Congress that he used performance enhancing drugs. He was then charged with lying to Congress, but acquitted in 2012. Clemens’s ex-trainer, Brian McNamee, testified that he injected Clemens with steroids numerous times from 1998 to 2001.

Trump likened the Clemens Hall of Fame saga to that of Pete Rose — who, shortly after his death in September, was made eligible for the Hall of Fame.

“After over 4,000 Hits, they wouldn’t put him in the Hall of Fame until I spoke to the Commissioner, and he promised to do so, but it was essentially a promise not kept because he only ‘opened it up’ when Pete died and, even then, he said that Pete Rose only got into the mix because of DEATH,” Trump wrote. “We are not going to let that happen in the case of Roger Clemens. 354 Wins — Put him in NOW. He and his great family should not be forced to endure this ‘stupidity’ any longer!”

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