Trump calls for MLB boycott to relocate All-Star Game

Former President TrumpDonald Trump The Hill’s Morning Report – Biden may not find GOP support for work plan. Republicans do not think Biden really wants to work with them. The biggest campaign issue of 2022? MORE called for a boycott of Major League Baseball after it decided to move its All-Star Game out of Georgia in protest of the state’s new bill tightening the law’s restrictions.

‘Baseball is already losing a huge number of fans, and now they’re leaving Atlanta with their All-Star Game because they’re afraid that the Radical Left Democrats who do not want the voter ID, which is urgently needed, have something to do with our election do it. “Trump said in a statement issued by Save America PAC.

“Boycott baseball and all the vigilant companies that interfere with free and fair elections. Do you listen to Coke, Delta, and everything! He added, referring to other companies that have criticized the new law.

The reprimand is the last of a Republican’s decision over the MLB’s move to Atlanta on July 13.

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement that the decision was “the best way to demonstrate our values ​​as a sport” in the light of the government. Brian KempBrian Kemp The Hill’s Morning Report – Biden may not find GOP support for work plan Backlash grows against Georgia’s voting law American Airlines reprimands voting restrictions in Texas MOREs (R) signing of the legislation.

“Major League Baseball fundamentally supports voting rights for all Americans and is against the restrictions on the ballot box,” Manfred said in a statement announcing MLB’s decision.

The new restrictions include restrictions on the number of ballots, shortening the period during which a Georgia resident can apply for a ballot and new ID requirements for ballots.

Democrats, including President BidenJoe Biden The Hill’s Morning Report – Biden may not find GOP support for work plan Republicans do not think Biden really wants to work with them. Lack of cyber funds in the Biden infrastructure plan raises eyebrows MORE, downplayed the law, saying it amounts to oppression of voters and is aimed at colored voters.

Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey also said the restrictions were “unacceptable” and “a step backwards”, and Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian said the law contained provisions that made it much under-represented. voters, especially black voters, will make it harder to exercise. their constitutional right to elect their representatives. ”

Kemp worried MLB about the announcement, calling it a ‘cancellation culture’, adding that the league had succumbed to Democratic pressure.

“Georgians – and all Americans – must fully understand what the MLB’s decisive decision means: to cancel culture and awaken political activists for every aspect of your life, sports included. If left does not agree with you, facts and the truth do not matter, “Kemp said in a statement.

Rep. Jeff DuncanJeffrey (Jeff) Darren Duncan READ: The Republicans who voted to contest election results. Here are the Republicans who intend to challenge the outcome of the election college. GOP’s top legislators call for Swalwell to be removed from the Intelligence Committee (RS.C.) said it was instructing its staff to put together legislation that would strip MLB of its federal antitrust probe.

Republicans defended the law, saying it was necessary to ensure electoral security. There was no substantial evidence to suggest that widespread voter fraud took place in Georgia or other swing states during the 2020 election amid the pandemic.

Trump in particular has repeatedly claimed that Georgia has experienced widespread voter fraud after Biden won the state by just over 11,000 votes. His loss there was the first time since 1992 that a Republican presidential candidate lost to Georgia.

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