Law MLB moves All-Star Game out of Atlanta Braves' stadium due to Georgia's voter restriction law

[Whippy McGee]

https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb-moves-...to-law-that-cuts-voting-access-185827789.html

The 2021 MLB All-Star Game won't be in Georgia.

Major League Baseball announced Friday afternoon that the game would be moving out of the Atlanta Braves' Truist Park because of the state's new law that restricts voting rights. The MLB draft is also being moved out of Georgia.

Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement that "the best way to demonstrate our values as a sport is by relocating this year's All-Star Game and MLB draft."

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Biden says he would 'strongly support' moving the MLB All-Star Game out of Georgia over new voting law

https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/01/politics/biden-mlb-all-star-game-georgia/index.html


(CNN)President Joe Biden said he would "strongly support" moving this year's Major League Baseball All-Star Game out of Georgia following the passage of a sweeping elections bill that brings a wave of new voting restrictions to the state.

"I think today's professional athletes are acting incredibly responsibly. I would strongly support them doing that," Biden told ESPN in an interview on Wednesday. "People look to them. They're leaders."

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WaPo Fact-Checkers Slam Biden for Georgia Election Law Claims: ‘Four Pinocchios’

https://news.yahoo.com/wapo-fact-checkers-slam-biden-153036411.html

The Washington Post fact-checking outfit awarded President Joe Biden “Four Pinocchios” — its worst rating — for his claim that a new Georgia election-security law “ends voting hours early.”

Biden, whose White House called the legislation “Jim Crow in the 21st Century,” has repeatedly insinuated that the law limits voting opportunities. “Among the outrageous parts of this new state law, it ends voting hours early so working people can’t cast their vote after their shift is over,” he said in a statement on Friday.

During his first presidential press conference on Thursday, Biden said what he was “worried about is how un-American this whole initiative is,” calling it “sick” and saying that “you’re going to end voting at five o’clock when working people are just getting off work.”

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Note: 4 Pinocchios is the worst you can do.

So there you have it. The people of Georgia are punished for a law that actually improves the voting availability, transparency, and traceability, because so many wanted to lie... like President Joe Biden.

Jobs... lost
Opportunity... lost
Tax Revenue... lost

Let's see if Delta and Pepsi also leave Georgia taking further economic viability from the state.

It's also a bummer, because they were supposed to do a Hank Aaron tribute. Now what team did he play for? Hmmmmm?

Also, should President Joe Biden be calling for the Olympic Team to pull our athletes from Beijing? Are we not about consistency?

 

[Pliny Pete]

That'll put butts in seats

 

[StoneColdSteveAustin]

Good

 

[Clifford_Harris]

Good, Georgia should be boycotted for flying the Confederate Flag over the Statehouse.

 

[RetiredSlave]

Politics in sports. Go get some fans.

 

[CantCucktheTuck]

lol they fell for a dementia laden rant.

 

[Whippy McGee]

Atlanta should be punished. It's not diverse enough.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta

Black or African American 51.4%
White 41.3%
Asian 3.7%
Hispanic or Latino 4.7%

Until that city becomes more "woke" and non-Jim Crowy... those people should be punished by Presidential and media lies.

 

[Last Falconry]

lmao, this rules. Fuck Brian Kemp with a rusty auger

 

[HOLA]

He speculated that Biden may have been briefed on an early version of the bill — “there were 25 versions floating around” — and he did not get an update on the final version.

For instance, at one point lawmakers considered nixing all early voting on Sundays, thus eliminating “souls to the polls,” a get-out-the-vote initiative popular with predominantly Black churches. But that idea was scrapped in the end.

 

[Clifford_Harris]

Atlanta should be punished. It's not diverse enough.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta

Black or African American 51.4%
White 41.3%
Asian 3.7%
Hispanic or Latino 4.7%

Until that city becomes more "woke" and non-Jim Crowy... those people should be punished by Presidential and media lies.

Lol this is clearly because the rest of Georgia continues to fall in with The Southern Strategy principles so the entire state gets punished for the stupidity of their representatives. Luckily Atlanta's population is growing rapidly and I'm guessing outpacing the rest of Georgia. Soon it'll be much harder for a Republican to win Georgia's governor seat.

 

[nostradumbass]

Remove voter integrity or we'll boycott huge revenue generating professional baseball in majority black cities. That'll show 'em.

 

[Day Drinking]

Politics in sports. Go get some fans.

Politics have always been a part of sports.

 

[RetiredSlave]

Politics have always been a part of sports.

Source?

 

[Last Falconry]

 

[Day Drinking]

Source?

How far back?

https://www.olympic.org/ancient-olympic-games

 

[BreakinTheLaw]

Good. Now let the fans speak by choosing to not watch if thats how they feel. They should also remove any tax breaks the players or teams in Georgia may have received, just like Delta Airlines.

 

[Lord_Impaler]

Corporations trying to manipulate US laws and undermine the democratic process seems like a dangerous problem.

 

[CantCucktheTuck]

He speculated that Biden may have been briefed on an early version of the bill — “there were 25 versions floating around” — and he did not get an update on the final version.

For instance, at one point lawmakers considered nixing all early voting on Sundays, thus eliminating “souls to the polls,” a get-out-the-vote initiative popular with predominantly Black churches. But that idea was scrapped in the end.

 

[James Bomb]

He speculated that Biden may have been briefed on an early version of the bill — “there were 25 versions floating around” — and he did not get an update on the final version.

For instance, at one point lawmakers considered nixing all early voting on Sundays, thus eliminating “souls to the polls,” a get-out-the-vote initiative popular with predominantly Black churches. But that idea was scrapped in the end.

Shame on Biden for not keeping up to date with the newest revisions of the Jim Crow laws.

they only considered banning Sunday voting.

 

[HereticBD]

The MLB has already postponed some opening day games due to COVID. It's not even a lock that the All-Star game will even happen. Georgia might've dodged a big money pit here. Even if it does happen, it's not like the stadium will be full, or the city will be in full swing to see any significant gains from such an event.