M.L.B. Player Says Gesture Wasn’t Meant as Endorsement of Donald Trump

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Taylor Walls said a gesture he made Sunday, in which he mimicked Donald Trump’s reaction after an assassination attempt, was not meant as an endorsement of the former president, according to multiple reports.

Walls said Tuesday the gesture was “kind of more of a joke that we have with guys in the locker room,” he told the Associated Press.

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“Joke may not be the right word,” Walls continued, per the AP. “It was kind of just something that we had together that we thought was kind of funny, that we thought would be all right. I don’t really see that going much further than that. I don’t

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