Major League Baseball announced on Friday that they’re moving the All-Star Game from Atlanta this summer over the state’s new voter law:
Breaking News: Rebuking Georgia’s new elections law, Major League Baseball moved this summer’s All-Star Game from Atlanta. The move comes after days of pressure from civil rights groups and the MLB Players Association. https://t.co/OwupImSkgu
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 2, 2021
Full statement here:
JUST IN: @MLB announces it’ll move the All-Star Game and Draft out of Atlanta due to the state passing a new elections law last week. pic.twitter.com/rBVUQ6FMJG
— Ed O'Keefe (@edokeefe) April 2, 2021
Funny enough, Stacey Abrams is “disappointed” at MLB over the decision:
Disappointed @MLB will move the All-Star Game, but proud of their stance on voting rights. GA GOP traded economic opportunity for suppression. On behalf of PoC targeted by #SB202 to lose votes + now wages, I urge events & productions to come & speak out or stay & fight. #gapol
— Stacey Abrams (@staceyabrams) April 2, 2021
She’s disappointed that her lies helped spark the move?
This is you right now. pic.twitter.com/HdqYSmY5mf
— Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) April 2, 2021
And she’s trying to blame the GOP:
This isn't the GOP's fault. This is your fault for spreading blatant misinformation and pressuring a business into your demands. https://t.co/llC80b8wdp
— Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) April 2, 2021
What a bunch of cowards:
Joe Biden says that the "words of a president matter" yet he called for the MLB to boycott Georgia after repeating the claim that it ends voting hours early, which was given four Pinocchios by the Washington Post.
The MLB caved because they're a bunch of cowards.
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) April 2, 2021
MLB just accepted all the lies about the new law:
Disgusting. @mlb accepts and regurgitates media/Democrat lies about Republicans and the most paltry efforts at voting integrity. This is destroying the country. https://t.co/7NRNJ2iVMg
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) April 2, 2021
Conservatives, this is a “wake up call”:
This should be a huge wake up call to conservatives. If the woke mob can bully MLB into moving the All Star game with pure fiction anything is possible. https://t.co/6dqOjzE2Ss
— Josh Holmes (@HolmesJosh) April 2, 2021
So, where will they move the game? Gov. Gavin Newsom in California is lobbying for it:
Hey @MLB — feel free to give us a call.
In California we actually work to expand voter access — not prevent it.https://t.co/FTeI4AjPaC
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) April 2, 2021
To be continued:
As MLB contemplates which city they’ll select for the relocated All Star Game, they should be very careful: Many cities under consideration may be located in (red & blue) states with more “restrictions to the ballot box” than Georgia, which just expanded early voting.
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) April 2, 2021
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