MLB Players Union Open to Pulling Georgia All-Star Game Over Election Reform Bill
Players Union President Tony Clark is open to punishing Georgia now that Brian Kemp has signed the state’s election integrity bill into law.
Major League Baseball’s 91st All-Star game is scheduled for July 13 at SunTrust Park in Atlanta, Georgia. “Players are very much aware” of the Georgia voting bill, Clark said to the Boston Globe.
The new bill was praised by conservative commentator Nick Adams who claimed “The bill passed and signed into law in Georgia is a FANTASTIC piece of legislation that puts election integrity first.”
New York Times best selling author, Brigitte Gabriel, told her followers to encourage their elected officials to pass similar election integrity legislation in their own state.
In another tweet the National Security Expert claimed “Senate Bill 202 is one of the greatest election integrity bills ever passed and signed into law.”
If the MLB were to change game locations, this wouldn’t be the first time professional sports punished a state for it’s political actions.
In 2017, the NBA pulled their All-Star game from North Carolina after a bill passed preventing biological men from using female restrooms. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver demanded the law be changed and when it wasn’t, he moved the game to New Orleans.
The NBA has not shown the same level of outrage when it comes to China and their human rights violations.
Governor Brian Kemp defended the bill against attacks from the Biden White House, tweeting that there was “nothing Jim Crow” about the legislation.
Do you think the MLB Players’ Union is going a step too far? Is cancel culture getting out of control? Do you support Senate Bill 202 in Georgia? Comment your thoughts below!
