Vice President JD Vance has spoken out on the sudden national controversy surrounding San Francisco Giants pitchers writing Bible verses on their Pride Night caps.
Vance responded to the news that MLB had warned players not to write Bible verses on caps, in an article on X on Tuesday.
“Trump won, we don’t need to do this anymore,” Vance wrote.
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The sudden controversy surrounding caps has shaken the world of sport in recent days.
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It started on Friday during the Giants’ “Pride Night” game, as each player had to wear hats with a rainbow-colored Giants logo, supposedly to support the LGBTQ community.
Three Giants players wrote Bible verses on the 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, November 20, 2025. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo)
Gen 9:12-16 is a passage from the Bible. The passage states that God established the rainbow as a perpetual sign of the covenant made with Noah and every living creature. He goes on to state that when God sees the rainbow, he will remember his “everlasting covenant” to preserve all life on earth from another global flood.
Roupp, explained his reasoning after the game, saying that the verse represents “God’s covenant”.
“It’s just God’s covenant and a promise that he makes to us, you know, of his faithfulness and his mercy,” Roupp told reporters. “It’s just something that I believe in, and I feel strongly about it, and I’m grateful that we live in a country where, you know, we have the freedom to believe what we want… and express what we want.
“There’s no hatred at all. It’s just what I stand for and what I stand for. I believe in God.”
Then on Tuesday, MLB officially issued a warning to these players against violating 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, California on June 12, 2026. (John Hefti/Imagn Images)
“The writing on the cap violates our rules, and consistent with normal practice, we have warned players of future violations,” Pat Courtney, MLB communications manager, said in a statement.
MLB’s warning sparked backlash on social media, with actor Rob Schneider promising to pay any player’s fines by writing the passage on his hat. Schneider was born to a Jewish father and a Catholic Filipino mother.
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San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Landen Roupp throws a pitch against the Chicago Cubs during the first inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California on June 12, 2026. (John Hefti/Imagn Images)
“I will pay the fines for 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 will hear from my office soon.
