Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said Monday (April 5) that he will not throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Texas Baseball Rangers’ home opener. The move follows Major League Baseball’s (MLB) decision to move the All-Star Game out of Atlanta, Jo. to counter a new voting law in Jo. that requires voter ID checks.
Abbott thanked MLB Chief Operating Officer Neil Leibman for the invitation. He wrote, “I’m looking forward to it until MLB fixes the false narrative about Georgia’s election law reform (which I won’t be attending).”
He claimed that based on the false narrative about the election law, Major League Baseball announced that it was moving the All-Star Game from Atlanta. “It is shameful that America’s pastime is not only influenced by partisan politics, but also perpetuated by a false political narrative.”
Texas announced it would not seek to host any MLB special events, and Albert said that while he still respects the Texas Rangers, it is unacceptable because of MLB’s opposition to election laws. The Rangers’ home opener is against the Toronto Blue Jays on April 5.
MLB announced on April 2 that it was pulling its All-Star Game and amateur player draft picks from Georgia in retaliation for Joe State lawmakers passing bill SB202, which strengthens election safeguards and requires voters to provide identification when casting absentee ballots.
MLB Commissioner Robert Manfred Jr. said the move was “the best way to demonstrate our values as a sport,” adding that the league “fundamentally supports the right of all Americans to vote and opposes restrictions on the ballot box. Restrictions”.
In addition to MLB, Coca-Cola, Delta Air Lines, Citibank and many other companies issued similar statements, with Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey calling the election reform law “unacceptable” and “regressive. “. Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian declared, “The entire rationale for the bill is based on a lie: widespread voter fraud in Georgia in the 2020 election.”
The big business approach has sparked a wave of resistance from Republicans. Over the weekend, Georgia lawmakers demanded that Coca-Cola products be pulled from office immediately in a bid to condemn the company’s actions. And former President Donald Trump has called for a boycott of companies that oppose the SB202 election reform bill.
Trump said, “Until they make a change and we use their products again.”
On Monday (April 5), U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell declared his condemnation of big business, saying that big business executives should not take on Georgia’s new voting law, “My advice to corporate America’s CEOs is to stay out of politics. Don’t pick a side in these big battles.”
“There will be serious consequences if corporations become a tool for far-left mobs to hijack our country from outside the constitutional order,” McConnell warned at a news conference in Kentucky, without elaborating on the potential for trouble if big business gets caught up in political strife.
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