Cobb County, Georgia – After 20 years of trying to have Major League Baseball’s all-star game return to Atlanta. Politics has caused MLB to withdraw their all-star game from Atlanta.
Agreeing that Georgia politics and the recently decided SB 202 (Election Integrity Act of 2021) doesn’t share the interest of the people to progress forward with equal voting rights, but instead moves backwards to an era when Jim Crow was the law. The decision to move the All-Star game out of Georgia was decided among former and current players, team owners, MLB Players Association, the Players Alliance and more.
Governor Kemp and Speaker Ralston released a statement of their own afterwards:
“Today, Major League Baseball caved to fear, political opportunism, and liberal lies,” said Governor Kemp. “Georgians – and all Americans – should fully understand what the MLB’s knee-jerk decision means: cancel culture and woke political activists are coming for every aspect of your life, sports included. If the left doesn’t agree with you, facts and the truth do not matter.
“This attack on our state is the direct result of repeated lies from Joe Biden and Stacey Abrams about a bill that expands access to the ballot box and ensures the integrity of our elections. I will not back down. Georgians will not be bullied. We will continue to stand up for secure, accessible, fair elections. Earlier today, I spoke with the leadership of the Atlanta Braves who informed me they do not support the MLB’s decision.”
“Stacey Abrams’ leftist lies have stolen the All-Star Game from Georgia,” said Speaker David Ralston. “This decision is not only economically harmful, it also robs Georgians of a special celebration of our national pastime free of politics. But Georgia will not be bullied by socialists and their sympathizers. We will continue to stand for accessible, secure elections that are free and fair. And we will continue to speak truth despite extortion and intimidation.”
