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Chipper Jones Joke on Alligators Chasing Immigrants Strikes Out

By Alexandra Ward | Tuesday, 11 June 2013 08:13 AM EDT

Retired Atlanta Braves star Chipper Jones found himself in hot water over the weekend after making a Twitter joke about using alligators to chase illegal immigrants away from the border.

Y'all think if they took all them gators they trap in Fla and La and put them in the Rio Grande, it wud stop the illegals from crossing? Jk
— Chipper Jones (@RealCJ10) June 8, 2013

Offended Twitter users immediately launched a counterattack on Jones.

@realcj10 I always knew you where a racist with your gator border tweet I just confirm it, have a good life and eat lots of wings at hooters
— Juan Grimaldo (@juangrimaldo79) June 11, 2013

@realcj10 you're a disgrace as a player and as a human being. @espn_beisbol @mlb @mlbnetwork @mlb_pr @mlbonfox @mlb_players
— Andres (@MR_DREY) June 9, 2013

Maybe Chipper Jones thinks the US is actually an old timey castle and the border is a moat?
— Bill Stinkwater (@AngryFeels) June 10, 2013

Dear Atlanta @braves it's so ashaming to see this tweet from Larry "chipper" Jones: twitter.com/vdelatorre/sta… what are you going to do?!
— AlejandroAguerrebere (@Alejou) June 9, 2013

@realcj10 @pgutierrezcsn that might be the STUPIDEST thing I've seen someone post on twitter! Classless!
— Jaime Motta (@MottaJaime) June 9, 2013

Jones apologized for his "attempt at humor" a day later.

I realize that my tweet yest was offensive and distasteful. An attempt at humor was a terrible mistake. Please accept my heartfelt apology!
— Chipper Jones (@RealCJ10) June 9, 2013

But even that drew criticism.

Why apologize for something you truly believe? Wimp.RT @washtimes: Ex-MLB player Chipper Jones (cont) tl.gd/m15k73
— policy 140 (@policy140) June 10, 2013