Rudy Giuliani on Friday morning criticized MLB players who took a knee in protest of racial inequality during the National Anthem on Opening Day Thursday night.
The former New York mayor specifically blasted the Yankees. "All those ball players, including the Yankees, taking a knee during the National Anthem of the country that made them millionaires is hypocritical," the supposed die-hard team fan Giuliani said via Twitter.
During the pregame ceremony, members of both the Yankees and Washington Nationals took a knee in honor of the Black Lives Matter movement.
The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants did the same. A number of players also kneeled in protest of racial inequality and police brutality during the National Anthem..
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