{"id":384017,"date":"2021-04-03T14:11:31","date_gmt":"2021-04-03T18:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=384017"},"modified":"2021-04-03T14:11:35","modified_gmt":"2021-04-03T18:11:35","slug":"georgia-gop-governor-rips-mlb-for-caving-to-cancel-culture-says-president-biden-is-lying-about-voting-reform-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-gop-governor-rips-mlb-for-caving-to-cancel-culture-says-president-biden-is-lying-about-voting-reform-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia GOP Governor Rips MLB For \u2018Caving To Cancel Culture,\u2019 Says President Biden Is \u2018Lying\u2019 About Voting Reform Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/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%2Fgeorgia-gop-governor-rips-mlb-for-caving-to-cancel-culture-says-president-biden-is-lying-about-voting-reform-bill%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=384017&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\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Georgia Republican Governor Brian Kemp appeared on FOX News Channel\u2019s \u201cFOX &amp; Friends Weekend\u201d on Saturday morning, lashing out at Major League Baseball, President Joe Biden, and voting rights activist Stacey Abrams for their response to the passage of the state\u2019s new Election Integrity Act.<\/p>\n<p>MLB announced on Friday that the league would relocate the 2021 All-Star Game and draft from Atlanta to an undetermined location after pressure from the bill\u2019s critics. As The Daily Wire previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/atlanta-braves-blast-mlb-for-moving-all-star-game-fans-in-georgia-are-the-victims\">reported<\/a>, the decision came after Biden likened the reforms to \u201cJim Crow\u201d laws earlier in the week during an interview with ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>Abrams, a Democrat who blamed voter suppression for her loss to Kemp in the 2018 gubernatorial race, had previously <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/staceyabrams\/status\/1377421977535672321\">called on<\/a> corporate leaders to \u201cuse their clout\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/staceyabrams\/status\/1377386847706419200\">and<\/a> \u201cspeak out forcefully against voter suppression bills.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s unfortunate that Major League Baseball has caved to the cancel culture, and quite honestly, President Biden and Stacey Abrams and a lot of other people are simply lying about this bill to pressure these organizations,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/video.foxnews.com\/v\/6246392075001#sp=show-clips\">Kemp told FOX &amp; Friends<\/a>. \u201cThis is just a cancel culture, and I\u2019ll tell you, the people at home should be scared because their ballgame is next, their business will be next, their way of life will be next. It is time to stand up and fight this and say, \u2018look, we\u2019re not going to take this anymore.\u2019 It\u2019s ridiculous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kemp went on to accuse critics of the new law of using \u201cbuzzwords\u201d like \u201csuppression\u201d to \u201cbrowbeat\u201d corporate executives into publicly condemning the reforms. Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastain responded to pressure to publicly oppose the measure on Wednesday, changing the company\u2019s initial stance \u201cafter having time to now fully understand all that is in the bill,\u201d he said. Bastain issued a statement that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/03\/31\/business\/brian-kemp-ed-bastian-delta-georgia-voter-law\/index.html\">claimed<\/a>, \u201cit\u2019s evident that the bill includes provisions that will make it harder for many underrepresented voters, particularly Black voters, to exercise their constitutional right to elect their representatives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Citing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2021\/03\/30\/biden-falsely-claims-new-georgia-law-ends-voting-hours-early\/\">fact check<\/a> by The Washington Post that concluded Biden had made false statements about the law, Kemp said the president is partly responsible for creating a distorted narrative that has harmed public discourse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt certainly doesn\u2019t help when you have the President of the United States saying that, and nobody in the national media, at least in the mainstream media, will even ask for a correction when he simply lies,\u201d Kemp said. \u201cHe\u2019s not being truthful. He continues to lie and mislead about what the bill does.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.91875\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fact Checker: Biden falsely claims the new Georgia law &#8220;ends voting hours early&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zQEf2otQHY\">https:\/\/t.co\/zQEf2otQHY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/washingtonpost\/status\/1376875157076201476?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Kemp insisted the bill adds opportunities for people to vote legally and does not constitute suppression. He said some vocal opponents of the measure had not specified its alleged flaws \u201cbecause they know damn well their people were in the Capitol working with us on the bill\u201d before changing their positions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat Major League Baseball should do if they have an issue with a provision in the bill, they should simply talk to me about it, because I\u2019d be glad to do it,\u201d Kemp told FOX &amp; Friends. \u201cThey have yet to do that. They have yet to bring up one thing that is actually in the bill that they are mad about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Partial transcript as follows:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"33\">\n<p><em>FOX &amp; FRIENDS HOST WILL CAIN: So to be clear, governor, there have been no specific demands of you on how to change this bill? There\u2019s been no specific problems, as you pointed out earlier, that had been illustrated or laid out for you? Simply the characterization of it being Jim Crow 2.0, voter suppression, has been used as a cudgel to browbeat corporations? That\u2019s the end of the story? <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em>GOVERNOR KEMP: Well, if you look at Jim Crow 2.0, the domain name was registered weeks ago before anybody even knew what was going to be in the final version of the bill. I think the playbook for this was written over a month ago because the left, and the radicals, Stacey Abrams and including President Biden \u2013 obviously his team didn\u2019t even know what was in the bill \u2013 I think they thought it was going to be suppressive and it was going to be bad. But, you know, the end result was not. Because it went through the process. We worked with the House, the Senate, with reasonable people, got things in there to provide even more access, but also just make sure that in Georgia, it is easy to vote and hard to cheat. And I guess they don\u2019t agree with that. But none of the statements from Delta, Coca-Cola, or Major League Baseball that I have seen cite one single thing in this legislation that we need to fix. And if there is something, bring it on. Let\u2019s talk about it. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump accused MLB of being \u201cafraid of the Radical Left Democrats who do not want voter I.D.\u201d on Friday, urging Americans to \u201cboycott baseball and all of the woke companies that are interfering with Free and Fair Elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kemp said he thought Trump shared his frustration with \u201cthis cancel culture\u201d and described the situation as \u201ca political play\u201d by Biden, Abrams, and other progressives who want to federalize elections and remove control from the states.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just so sad for baseball fans that the league has now made baseball in the United States of America so political,\u201d Kemp said, stressing the Atlanta Braves franchise does not support MLB\u2019s decision to move the All-Star Game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is terrible for the organization; it\u2019s terrible for the fans, it\u2019s terrible for the small business owners in the metro Atlanta community and our state that were looking forward to hosting this game and put a lot of resources into it. All because of a big lie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/stacey-abrams-pushed-misinformation-about-georgia-voting-bill-now-shes-upset-by-the-consequences\">Stacey Abrams Pushed Misinformation About Georgia Voting Bill. Now She\u2019s Upset By The Consequences.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-trump-calls-for-boycotting-major-league-baseball-after-they-cave-to-radical-left-democrats\">Trump Calls For Boycotting Major League Baseball After They Cave To \u2018Radical Left Democrats\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/gowokegobroke-cruz-lee-call-to-end-mlb-antitrust-protections-after-league-boycotts-georgia\">\u2018#GowokeGobroke\u2019: Cruz, Lee Call To End MLB Antitrust Protections After League Boycotts Georgia<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Georgia Republican Governor Brian Kemp appeared on FOX News Channel\u2019s \u201cFOX &#038; Friends Weekend\u201d on Saturday morning, lashing out at Major League Baseball, President Joe Biden, and voting rights activist &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311616,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Georgia GOP Governor Rips MLB For \u2018Caving To Cancel Culture,\u2019 Says President Biden Is \u2018Lying\u2019 About Voting Reform Bill","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-384017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Georgia GOP Governor Rips MLB For \u2018Caving To Cancel Culture,\u2019 Says President Biden Is \u2018Lying\u2019 About Voting Reform Bill","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384017","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}