Boebert Urges DOJ to Probe Nationals Over 2023 Anti-Catholic Retaliation Claim

1 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 29

A Thursday letter from Rep. Lauren Boebert asked Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and civil rights chief Harmeet Dhillon to investigate whether the Washington Nationals discriminated against pitcher Trevor Williams over his Catholic beliefs.
A secretly recorded video published by James O’Keefe showed Nationals community relations director Sean Hudson saying the team avoided using Williams in social media after he criticized the Dodgers’ 2023 Pride Night invitation to the Sisterhood of Perpetual Indulgence.
Hudson said, “Because of that we don’t use him on social,” while describing Williams as “super Catholic” and himself as “far-left leaning,” remarks Boebert said could point to a Title VII violation.
Williams had said the drag group’s anti-Catholic performances were “deeply offensive” and that speaking out with his wife would put “a target on our back.”
The Nationals did not immediately comment, and Boebert cast the case as part of a broader concern about religious discrimination across Major League Baseball.

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