{"id":1658856,"date":"2022-09-26T16:47:50","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T20:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1658856"},"modified":"2022-09-26T16:51:14","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T20:51:14","slug":"biden-hosts-atlanta-braves-at-white-house-after-pushing-mlb-to-boycott-their-city-for-all-star-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-hosts-atlanta-braves-at-white-house-after-pushing-mlb-to-boycott-their-city-for-all-star-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Hosts Atlanta Braves At White House After Pushing MLB To Boycott Their City For All-Star Game"},"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\">34<\/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%2Fbiden-hosts-atlanta-braves-at-white-house-after-pushing-mlb-to-boycott-their-city-for-all-star-game%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=1658856&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>President Joe Biden hosted the Atlanta Braves at the White House on Monday to celebrate the Major League Baseball (MLB) team\u2019s 2021 World Series win. The event comes after Biden and other high-profile Democrats called for the professional baseball league to move its annual All-Star game out of Atlanta to protest Georgia\u2019s recently passed election integrity law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis team has literally been part of American history for over 150 years,\u201d Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/sports\/mlb\/biden-praises-braves-unstoppable-joyful-run-to-2021-win\/ar-AA12gBhC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>. \u201cBut none of it came easy \u2026 people counting you out. Heck, I know something about being counted out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the event, Biden was presented with a customized jersey bearing his name and the number 46, in reference to him being the nation\u2019s 46th president. In a separate moment, America\u2019s commander-in-chief bizarrely beckoned \u201ceverybody under 15\u201d to come near him for a group photo.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/figure>\n<p>Despite Democrats and their media sycophants\u2019 efforts to cast Biden as a folksy, kind old man, the president has routinely shown himself to be anything but. Following the Georgia legislature\u2019s passage of a bill last year to enhance the integrity of the state\u2019s election laws, Biden proceeded to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-endorses-moving-mlb-all-star-game-out-of-georgia-lauds-athletes-using-sports-to-push-politics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">call for the MLB to relocate its 2021 All-Star game<\/a> out of Atlanta in protest. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think today\u2019s professional athletes are acting incredibly responsibly. I would strongly support them [moving the all-star game out of Atlanta],\u201d Biden told ESPN last year. <\/p>\n<p>In the same interview, Biden went on to label the Georgia bill as \u201cJim Crow on steroids\u201d and falsely asserted that the law \u201cprohibited food and drink at polling places and mandated the polls close at 5 p.m.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImagine passing a law saying you cannot provide water or food for someone standing in line to vote? Can\u2019t do that? Come on,\u201d he said. \u201cOr you\u2019re going to close a polling place at five o\u2019clock when working people just get off? This is all about keeping working folks and ordinary folks that I grew up with from being able to vote.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"pUMKI\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FLASHBACK: In April, Biden \u201cstrongly\u201d supported MLB&#8217;s baseless boycott of Georgia knowing \u201cthe people who need help the most&#8221; will \u201cget hurt the most.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dMEOFyOWRi\">pic.twitter.com\/dMEOFyOWRi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1480957007519789057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>As noted by The Daily Wire, however, \u201c[t]he\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/joe-biden-media-claim-georgia-law-prevents-giving-water-to-voters-in-line-thats-not-true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Georgia<\/a>\u00a0law implements restrictions on handing out food and drink near polling places similar to restrictions already in place in New York and Biden\u2019s home state of Delaware\u201d and \u201care designed to prevent lobbyists or special interest from handing out concessions at polling places. It does not ban voters from bringing or ordering food, nor does it prohibit polling workers from setting out self-service water stations or distributing food donated for general use.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the Georgia bill does not require polls to close by 5 p.m., as Election Day voting in the state lasts from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>While Biden attempted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/joe-biden-backtracks-after-mlb-boycott-costs-georgians-100-million-says-masters-tourney-can-stay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">walk back<\/a> his pro-boycott rhetoric a week later, the damage had already been done. Two days after the president called for moving the All-Star game out of Georgia, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred announced that the MLB would be relocating the annual event to Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>The move ultimately had devastating effects on Georgia\u2019s economy, with Job Creators Network (JCN) CEO\u00a0Alfredo Ortiz estimating that the decision cost the state \u201cupwards of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/politics\/mlb-all-star-game-atlanta-small-businesses-crushing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$100 million<\/a>\u201d in revenue. Ortiz has since released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jobcreatorsnetwork.com\/press_releases\/job-creators-network-slams-biden-for-celebrating-braves-world-series-victory-today-after-pushing-for-braves-to-lose-all-star-game-last-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a> blasting Biden for hosting the Braves at the White House, saying that the president should \u201cbe embarrassed\u201d for playing a role in \u201ccosting the Greater Atlanta area\u201d millions in revenue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiden and left-wing activists pressured MLB to move the All-Star Game out of Atlanta, lying about the Georgia election reform law,\u201d Ortiz said.\u00a0\u201cMLB caved to Biden and the far left in a pitiful case of virtue-signaling. \u2026 Biden should apologize to the Greater Atlanta community today, instead of joining them in celebration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other notable Democrats who assisted in fueling the push for the MLB to pull its All-Star game out of Atlanta include Georgia <a href=\"https:\/\/gop.com\/rapid-response\/warnock-meet-warnock-on-voter-id\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sen. Raphael Warnock<\/a> and Georgia Democrat gubernatorial candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/gop.com\/rapid-response\/stacey-abrams-cant-stop-lying\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stacey Abrams<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Shawn Fleetwood is a Staff Writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He also serves as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden hosted the Atlanta Braves at the White House on Monday to celebrate the Major League Baseball (MLB) team\u2019s 2021 World Series win. 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