JD Vance mocks MLB for warning Giants pitchers for writing Bible verses on ‘Pride Night’ caps
Vice President J.
Vance responded to news that MLB issued a warning to players not to write Bible verses on their caps, on X Tuesday.
“Trump won we don’t have to do this anymore,” Vance wrote.
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The sudden cap controversy has rocked the sports world in recent days.
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It started on Friday during the event Giants “Pride Night” game, as every player had to wear hats with the rainbow-colored Giants logo, supposedly in support of the LGBTQ community.
Three Giants players wrote Bible verses on their caps. Pitchers Landen Roupp, JT Brubaker and Ryan Walker wrote “Gen 9:12-16.”
Vice President JD Vance speaks with Breitbart News Washington bureau chief Matthew Boyle at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington on Nov. 20, 2025. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo)
Genesis 9:12-16 is a passage from the Bible. The passage says that God established the rainbow as a permanent symbol of the covenant made with Noah and all living creatures. It goes on to say that when God sees the rainbow, he will remember His eternal “covenant” to save all living things on earth from another global flood.
Roupp, spoke about his thoughts after the game, saying that this verse speaks of representing “God’s covenant.”
“It’s about God’s covenant and his promise to us, you know, his faithfulness and his mercy,” Roupp told reporters. “That’s just the kind of thing I believe in, and I stand by that, and I’m thankful that we live in a country where, you know, we have the freedom to believe what we want … and express what we want.
“There is no hatred at all. This is what I stand for, and what I stand for. I believe in God.”
Then on Tuesday, MLB officially issued a warning to those players for breaking the rules and writing on their caps.
San Francisco Giants manager Tony Vitello lifts starting pitcher Landen Roupp during the fifth inning against the Chicago Cubs at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., on June 12, 2026. (Photos by John Hefti/Imagn)
“What is written in the cap violates our rules, and consistent with normal practice, we have warned the players about future violations,” Pat Courtney, MLB’s chief communications officer, said in a statement.
MLB’s warning caused a backlash on social media, with actor Rob Schneider promising to fine any players caught writing the verse on their hats. Schneider was born to a Jewish father and a Filipino Catholic mother.
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San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Landen Roupp throws against the Chicago Cubs during the first inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., on June 12, 2026. (Photos by John Hefti/Imagn)
“I will pay a fine to any Christian MLB player who wears a Bible verse on his uniform. MLB IS ANTI-CHRISTIAN,” the actor wrote on X.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier told MLB, “You’ll hear from my office soon.
