Posted on 04/02/2021 6:51:38 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms threw her support behind Major League Baseball’s (MLB) decision to move the All-Star Game out of Georgia Friday, following the state’s new voting law.
"Just as elections have consequences, so do the actions of those who are elected," the Democratic mayor wrote on Twitter. "Unfortunately, the removal of the [MLB] All Star game from GA is likely the 1st of many dominoes to fall, until the unnecessary barriers put in place to restrict access to the ballot box are removed."
The MLB’s move is just the latest in widespread backlash the new restrictive voting laws have received from major corporations like Coca-Cola, Delta Airlines and Uber.
But Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has flatly rejected criticisms from the White House and corporations, saying The Election Integrity Act makes it "easy to vote and hard to cheat."
The new laws enacted last week placed time limits on early voting from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., though counties have the option to extend their hours between 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Stricter I.D. requirements, absentee ballot guidelines and reduced ballot drop boxes have frustrated Democrats who believe legislators have made it harder, not easier to vote following the November general election.
Kemp accused the MLB of caving into "fear, political opportunism, and liberal lies," in a series of angry Friday afternoon tweets.
"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," he continued.
Adding: "I will not back down. Georgians will not be bullied. We will continue to stand up for secure, accessible, fair elections."
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MLB is a variant of BLM. never watch again. maybe the kids in the lot across the creek.
I would hope red states force them to go to blue states, especially the defund the cop ones.
Yes. Whatever it takes. Nothing is off the table.
“Atlanta mayor backs MLB decision to move All-Star Game from Georgia...”
Of course it would.
The MLB’s move is just the latest in widespread backlash the new restrictive voting laws have received from major corporations like Coca-Cola, Delta Airlines and Uber.
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Just listened to Rand Paul and he tore a strip off of Coke a mile wide...he wasn’t exactly subtle as he basically suggested a total boycott of Coke.
Write in Donald J. Trump on ALL MLB All-Star Ballots!!!!!
Can’t think of a better town not to get the revenue than Fulton County Atlanta oh by the way we don’t want your All Star game in Texas either
I got your dominoes, right here!
People still watch MLB? I got tired of all the strikes and stopped watching over 30 years ago.
Today’s Marxists would freak out if they ever learned about the franchise requirements at the time of our founding. In order to vote back then, you had to be person of means-—so many acres of land, so much gold and silver, so much livestock, etc. It was to protect the competent from having their pockets picked by the incompetent.
This is Georgia’s chance to rid itself of cheating Democrat scum.
“Write in Donald J. Trump on ALL MLB All-Star Ballots!!!!!”\
That is actually not a bad idea.
Meanwhile Bottoms’ city continues to fall apart.
A small cabal of people are destroying this country.
While the country, Governors, state legislatures sits idly by waiting for 2022
Boycott MLB!
GO WOKE... GO BROKE.
I haven’t really kept up on this new Georgia voting law, although I’ve seen a lot of reaction to it. What is it? They want to make you show voter id?
I can’t. I do not watch the games on t.v. I do not listen to them on the radio. I do not attend them in person.
The people these cities are selecting for mayor, it’ becoming
problematic across the nation.
This one seems to be Black, but the problem certainly isn’t
limited to that.
We’ve got plenty of White idiots out there.
Ehh, less headaches to deal with. Its a blessing.
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