Overview

• The president posted on Truth Social on Aug. 24 that Clemens "should be in the Baseball Hall of Fame, NOW" after playing golf with him and his son Kacy.
• Clemens publicly thanked the president for the support on X, saying he appreciated the "love" and reiterating his focus on winning.
• Clemens spent 2013–2022 on the BBWAA ballot without reaching the required 75%—topping out at 65.2%—and later fell short with a 2022 era-committee vote.
• Under Hall procedures, MLB and the commissioner cannot unilaterally induct a player, leaving Clemens’ only path through an era-committee process.
• Coverage notes he was named in the 2007 Mitchell Report and acquitted in 2012 of lying to Congress, as former investigators still claim evidence of PED use, and the push is compared to Pete Rose’s case even though Rose’s reinstatement and Hall pathways are distinct.