Sen.Josh Hawley, R-Mo., received a letter from MLB commissioner Rob Manfred regarding the San Francisco Giants players who wrote Bible verses on their Pride Night caps, saying they wouldn’t be facing any discipline for what has now been labeled a controversial moment.Hawley, making an appearance on "The Will Cain Show," was happy with the response from Manfred and MLB."It looks like they’re admitting they’re wrong, Will, which is exactly the case," Hawley told Cain.
"I mean, the commissioner admitted in that letter that he should not have warned ‘the players.’ That they are entitled to not wear the uniforms, that they’re entitled to express their religious beliefs.And he said, as you just quoted, ‘No player will ever be disciplined or fined for their religious beliefs.’CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMSen.
Josh Hawley, R-Mo., questions Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on Jan.15, 2025.
(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)"I don’t frankly care who he blames for it so long as he admits that he’s wrong, so long as players’ religious liberty rights are protected."Hawley added that he believed this was a "great outcome" despite the fact that he needed to reach out to MLB about it.MLB COMMISSIONER TELLS SEN.HAWLEY GIANTS PLAYERS WON’T BE DISCIPLINED OVER BIBLE VERSES ON PRIDE NIGHT HATS"I want to emphasize this is the commissioner of baseball responding to me," he explained.
"He said that no player, on any club, will be required to wear these kinds of political-messaging uniforms.Furthermore, no one will be discriminated against on the basis of their religious faith."Now, that ought to be common sense, Will.
The fact we had to go through all of this — I had to threaten to bring him in front of the Senate, put him under oath.He’s being investigated, the league is for other things....