Major League Baseball (MLB) announced Friday that it will move its annual All-Star Game from this year’s Atlanta location to the state due to recently passed voting legislation in Georgia. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and former President Donald Trump mocked baseball’s decision.
Georgia passed new election legislation last week that includes the voter’s identity for ballots by mail, fewer mailboxes to leave, and it’s a fraud to bring food and water to the electorate queuing to vote.
MLB announced Friday afternoon that it would take this year’s Peach State Midsummer Classic to a “to be determined. “
“Over the next week, we have engaged in considered conversations with clubs, current and previous players, the Players Association and the Player Alliance, among others, to pay attention to their views. I have that most productive way of demonstrating our values. as a game is to move the All-Star Game and this year’s MLB draft,” MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement.
This prompted instant complaints from Trump and Gov. Kemp, who said MLB and Georgia’s greats have “awakened” to “free and fair elections. “
“Baseball is already wasting a lot of fans, and now they’re leaving Atlanta with their All-Star Game because they’re afraid of radical left-wing Democrats who don’t need a desperately needed voter ID to have something to do with our election. Trump wrote Friday night.
The president went on.
“Boycotts baseball and all awake businesses that interfere with loose elections. Listen to Coca-Cola, Delta and all!”
Meanwhile, Georgia’s governor Brian Kemp said Friday that those who denounce his state’s new electoral law are simply “abandoned to the culture of annulment. “The governor of Georgia told listeners across the country that they will “come after you. “
“I think it’s a message to all of us, all over this country that we’re home tonight, will come for you. You know, they come after your baseball game. They’re going to boycott your company. If you do,” if they don’t agree with their lifestyle, they’ll sue him too,” Kemp added.
Manfred said MLB in 2020 has become the first professional sports league to sign up for the Civic Alliance, a nonpartisan organization that is helping to build a long-term in the way others participate in setting up the country.
“We have proudly used our platform to inspire baseball enthusiasts and communities across our country to fulfill their civic duty and actively participate in the voting process. Fair access to voting continues to enjoy the unwaveringness of our game. “
The Players Association said last week that it was open to moving the Midsummer Classic to Truist Park in Atlanta. MLB said it’s still looking for a replacement city this summer.
“We will continue our plans to celebrate the reminiscence of this Season’s All-Star festivities by Hank Aaron. In addition, MLB’s planned investments to help local communities in Atlanta through our All-Star Legacy projects will move forward. We are in the process of finalizing a new host city and the main points of those occasions will be announced shortly. “
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