{"id":1493294,"date":"2022-05-26T13:45:31","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T17:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1493294"},"modified":"2022-05-26T13:46:03","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T17:46:03","slug":"mlb-denies-georgia-an-apology-after-record-voter-turnout-proved-jim-crow-smears-baseless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mlb-denies-georgia-an-apology-after-record-voter-turnout-proved-jim-crow-smears-baseless\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Denies Georgia An Apology After Record Voter Turnout Proved \u2018Jim Crow\u2019 Smears Baseless"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmlb-denies-georgia-an-apology-after-record-voter-turnout-proved-jim-crow-smears-baseless%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1493294&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-25-at-12.51.41-PM-e1653501558159.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>More than one year after Major League Baseball yanked the 2021 All-Star Game from Atlanta over Georgia\u2019s newest election-integrity law, the league is refusing to apologize to all of its fans that it smeared as \u201cracists\u201d for backing the voting measures. <\/p>\n<p>Despite the corporate media\u2019s false yet prolific narrative claiming Republicans only passed the law to restrict racial and ethnic minorities from voting, Georgia recently <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/24\/georgia-sees-record-early-voter-turnout-despite-dems-carping-over-new-election-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported record early voter turnout<\/a> that nearly tripled from 2020.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When The Federalist asked the MLB whether it had anything to say to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/mlb-all-star-ratings-tank\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the viewers it lost\u00a0<\/a>by falsely accusing election integrity supporters of limiting voting, the league did not respond. The MLB also kept mum when asked if it believes that supporters of election-security laws like the one in Georgia are racist, as <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/05\/25\/after-joe-biden-media-smeared-georgia-voting-rules-as-jim-crow-2-0-non-white-turnout-boomed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">President Joe Biden and the corporate media previously alleged<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>MLB Commissioner Robert Manfred caved to woke pressure and announced last April that the professional sports league would not play the famed game in the Peach State because he believed that the newest election security law, which required commonsense authentication such as voter ID, restricted \u201cfair access to voting\u201d and \u201cvoting rights for all Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have decided that the best way to demonstrate our values as a sport is by relocating this year\u2019s All-Star game,\u201d Manfred said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/press-release\/press-release-mlb-statement-regarding-2021-all-star-game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a>. \u201cMajor League Baseball fundamentally supports voting rights for all Americans and opposes restrictions to the ballot box.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Longtime <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2021\/apr\/03\/donald-trump-tucker-carlson-mlb-all-star-game-georgia-voting-rights-law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MLB fans decried the<\/a> league for \u201cgoing woke\u201d and swore off watching games indefinitely. <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/04\/07\/small-business-group-condemns-mlb-decision-to-pull-all-star-game-from-atlanta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Businesses also condemned<\/a> the MLB for prioritizing politics instead of the people and shuttering opportunities for black business owners in Atlanta. Even former MLB Commissioner Fay Vincent had choice words for Manfred after the \u201cAll-Star Error.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMajor League Baseball can\u2019t become a weapon in the culture wars, a hostage for one political party or ideology,\u201d Vincent wrote in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/rob-manfreds-all-star-error-11617726664\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wall Street Journal.<\/a> \u201cIt can\u2019t be only for the rich or the poor, nor can it only be for one race, as it was until 1947. Baseball must always stand above politics and its dark elements of corruption, greed and sordid selfishness. It can\u2019t go wrong by standing for national greatness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That negative reaction combined with the MLB\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/civil-rights\/562991-mlb-all-star-game-whiffs-earns-lowest-ratings-in-history-heres-why\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">already falling ratings<\/a> cast a shadow on the All-Star Game in Denver, which ended up being the second least-watched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/mlb-all-star-ratings-tank\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MLB game of all time<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>Polling shortly after the relocation announcement also indicated that fans were displeased with the MLB\u2019s decision. At least <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/04\/07\/poll-woke-corporatism-by-mlb-and-big-business-is-ostracizing-consumers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">64 percent of<\/a> respondents said they were less likely to support big businesses such as the MLB after they took a public stand on political issues. In general, 70 percent of American adults agreed that \u201ccorporations and sports teams should generally stay out of politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The MLB, however, still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/mlb-silent-pulling-atlanta-all-star-game-georgia-voting-law?intcmp=tw_fnc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">refuses to say<\/a> whether it regrets relocating the game over the Democrats\u2019 and media\u2019s baseless \u201cJim Crow\u201d allegations. <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and co-producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire and Fox News. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow her on Twitter @jordanboydtx.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than one year after Major League Baseball yanked the 2021 All-Star Game from Atlanta over Georgia\u2019s newest election-integrity law, the league is refusing to apologize to all of its<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":490,"featured_media":1898221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1493294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1493294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/490"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1493294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1493294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1898221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1493294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1493294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1493294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}