{"id":1494034,"date":"2022-05-27T07:31:06","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T11:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1494034"},"modified":"2022-05-27T07:31:11","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T11:31:11","slug":"mlb-ignores-georgia-voting-surge-after-citing-voter-suppression-for-moving-all-star-game-out-of-atlanta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mlb-ignores-georgia-voting-surge-after-citing-voter-suppression-for-moving-all-star-game-out-of-atlanta\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Ignores Georgia Voting Surge After Citing Voter Suppression for Moving All-Star Game Out of Atlanta"},"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\">32<\/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-ignores-georgia-voting-surge-after-citing-voter-suppression-for-moving-all-star-game-out-of-atlanta%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=1494034&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><\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Last summer, Major League Baseball pulled its All-Star Game out of Atlanta in protest over a Georgia election integrity law. Commissioner Rob Manfred made this decision after President Joe Biden endorsed the idea of MLB relocating the event in an interview with ESPN. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Biden <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">dubbed the idea of Georgia requiring state-issued ID for absentee voting and limiting drop boxes as <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Jim Crow 2.0<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. and\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Jim Eagle<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Jim Crow on Steroids<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. (I prefer the latter nickname for giggles.) <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In response, Manfred sent a message that MLB does not stand for \u201cvoter suppression.\u201d That was the perception. However, the reality is that Manfred and MLB didn\u2019t accomplish anything positive with its stunt. The decision to leave Atlanta has proven foolish and counterproductive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>As anyone who researched the law had argued, Georgia is not suppressing voters. In fact, voting turnout has never been higher than right now. On Friday, Georgia officials counted 857,000 early ballots for 2022, three times as many as in the state\u2019s primary election in 2018.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Not exactly\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Jim Ostrich<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, now is it?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">MLB branded its decision to pull out of Georgia as a fight against racism. And that sure sounded good at the time. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Yet two years later, the move has proven only to cost black-owned companies in Atlanta the booming business period that emanates from hosting an All-Star event. In addition, MLB sent that business to Colorado, a state with more stringent voting laws than Georgia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/georgia-primary-voting-skyrockets-clay-travis-says-mlb-owes-state-an-apology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As we at OutKick explained recently<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, \u201cThat decision not only affected fans around the country who had made travel arrangements to attend the All-Star Game, but it devastated the local Atlanta community, which had looked forward to the hefty bump in commerce that the event inevitably brings.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">What do Manfred and MLB have to say about the decision now? Unfortunately, we can\u2019t say for certain. MLB has not responded to OutKick\u2019s numerous requests for comment on the matter. If we hear back, we will update this story.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This is a tale of a larger trend that sees major corporations act irrationally out of fear. There was never any evidence that the Georgia voting law would hold back voters, particularly black Georgians as the press declared it would. But that was the talking point, the consensus narrative. And that spreads pressure.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Manfred reacted to the faux headline that Georgia was suppressing black voters. Meaning, MLB took a stand against not the reality but the narrative.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Public figures are so afraid of the mob that they make abrupt decisions to shield themselves from the wrath.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cYou can\u2019t call us racist, we moved our All-Star Game out of the GOP-controlled Georgia,\u201d Manfred probably envisions one day saying to protect his image.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">So in a way, the decision wasn\u2019t for nothing. Manfred showed the media and politicians which side he is on. For him, what comes with joining the team may justify unnecessarily punishing the city of Atlanta.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last summer, Major League Baseball pulled its All-Star Game out of Atlanta in protest over a Georgia election integrity law. 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