Nationals fire top official who said team avoids featuring Christian pitcher on social media

The Washington Nationals have fired a team official after undercover video captured him suggesting that pitcher Trevor Williams was excluded from promotional efforts after voicing his opposition to drag queens being promoted at a baseball game.

In an X post Friday, independent journalist James O'Keefe shared a pre-game interview of Washington Nationals President of Business Operations Jason Sinnarajah apologizing to fans and pitcher Trevor Williams after the release of undercover footage showing the team's Director of Community Relations Sean Hudson suggesting that the team shied away from promoting Williams on social media.

“We took action right away, and the individual is no longer employed by the team," Sinnarajah said. "I want to apologize to Trevor Williams who has been brought into this. We feel awful that he has been dragged into this."

"We're not anti-Catholic," Sinnarajah added as he pushed back on claims made in an undercover video released by O'Keefe last week showing Hudson describing Williams as "very Catholic" and noting his opposition to the Los Angeles Dodgers' decision to honor the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a group of drag queens who sometimes dress as nuns.

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