Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs tragically and suddenly passed away Monday at the age of 27, but attempts to pay tribute to him on Twitter quickly went awry.
The hashtag #RIP45 began showing up in the Trends for you section for many Twitter users, as Skaggs wore jersey No. 45 for the Angels. Unfortunately, 45 is also the number often associated with President Donald Trump, the 45th U.S. president, and therein lies the rub.
Tweets paying respects to Skaggs and sending thoughts and prayers to his family ended up intermingled with tweets mocking Trump’s “death,” tweets blasting people for doing so and tweets reminding people what the actual purpose of the hashtag was.
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