Rockies 1st Round Draft Pick Tweeted How He Wanted President Obama Assassinated (TWEET)

On Monday, during the first round of the Major League Baseball draft, the Colorado Rockies selected Ole Miss southpaw Ryan Rolison with the 22nd overall pick. It was a big moment for the franchise as well as Rolison.

In the 1st round (22nd pick) in the 2018 #MLBDraft, the Colorado Rockies have selected Ryan Rolison from the University of Mississippi. pic.twitter.com/u2x0onyYdq — Colorado Rockies (@Rockies) June 5, 2018

Much like NBA and NFL draftees have had to deal with over the years, someone went digging for gold on Rolison’s Twitter account and found one disturbing tweet from his past.

Ryan Rolison tweeted the following at 8:25pm on November 6, 2012, the night former President Obama’s was reelected:

“Well we have one hope left…if someone shoots him during his speech.”

The proof:

The Rockies first-round pick, Ole Miss LHP Ryan Rolison, tweeted this in 2012 about Barack Obama on election night (vía @exavierpope ): pic.twitter.com/bxkwoJs6vn — 12up (@12upSport) June 5, 2018

Once the tweet made the rounds on social media, Rolison quickly deleted it.

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