{"id":386977,"date":"2021-04-04T12:28:29","date_gmt":"2021-04-04T16:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=386977"},"modified":"2021-04-04T12:28:31","modified_gmt":"2021-04-04T16:28:31","slug":"rand-paul-mlb-might-be-a-little-too-woke-if-league-does-business-with-chinese-communists-while-boycotting-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rand-paul-mlb-might-be-a-little-too-woke-if-league-does-business-with-chinese-communists-while-boycotting-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Rand Paul: MLB \u2018Might Be A Little Too Woke\u2019 If League Does Business With Chinese Communists While Boycotting Georgia"},"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%2Frand-paul-mlb-might-be-a-little-too-woke-if-league-does-business-with-chinese-communists-while-boycotting-georgia%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=386977&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-126.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) slammed Major League Baseball on Saturday for dealing with the Chinese Communist Party, accused of numerous human rights violations, while boycotting Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>Paul took a jab at the league on Twitter a day after commissioner Rob Manfred announced that the MLB was moving its July all-star game and 2021 draft out of Atlanta in protest of election reforms signed into law last month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour sports league might be a little too woke if it will freely do business with Communists in China and Cuba, but boycotts a US state that wants people to show an ID to vote,\u201d Paul wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.6831275720165\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Your sports league might be a little too woke if it will freely do business with Communists in China and Cuba, but boycotts a US state that wants people to show an ID to vote. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MLBAllStarGame?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MLBAllStarGame<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mlb?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#mlb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RandPaul\/status\/1378459332656967680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On Friday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-mlb-moving-all-star-game-out-of-georgia-after-pressure-from-white-house\">Manfred<\/a> said that the MLB was relocating the all-star game and draft because it was \u201cthe best way to demonstrate our values as a sport.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the last week, we have engaged in thoughtful conversations with Clubs, former and current players, the Players Association, and The Players Alliance, among others, to listen to their views,\u201d Manfred said in a statement. \u201cI have decided that the best way to demonstrate our values as a sport is by relocating this year\u2019s All-Star Game and MLB Draft.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Two days prior to the announcement, the league extended a television deal with state-owned Chinese tech giant Tencent on Wednesday. The new deal grants Tencent the rights to stream MLB games to a number of Asian countries until 2023, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/mlb-georgia-tencent-nba-hong-kong\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, the MLB <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/mlb-reveals-plans-to-help-game-grow-in-china-c263931024\">partnered<\/a> with a state-owned Chinese group to grow the sport in China. The league announced a 10-year deal with the Beijing Enterprises Real-Estate Group Ltd. (BEREGL) in a December 2017 to build numerous new baseball facilities across the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled to have a strategic alliance with Major League Baseball that seeks to enhance the playing level of professional baseball teams in China,\u201d BEREGL chairman Qian Xu said in a statement. \u201cThis new relationship with MLB also will seek to provide Chinese youth with new facilities to participate in this great game while advancing their education and learning valuable life lessons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jim Small, then vice president and head of the league\u2019s Asia Pacific operations, added: \u201cThis relationship with BEREGL will seek to accelerate our growth and to provide first-rate facilities and coaching for the increasing number of Chinese baseball players. We are honored to team up with one of China\u2019s most forward-thinking, innovative and successful companies as we build momentum for baseball in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In January, then President Donald Trump accused the Chinese state of committing genocide against religious minorities in Xinjiang, a supposedly autonomous region in China that has suffered a similar fate as Hong Kong as Beijing has increasingly cracked down on Xinjiang residents. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-trump-admin-declares-china-committing-genocide-prompts-state-department-reviews-potential-sanctions\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"12.675579322638\">\n<p><em>Investigations and eye-witness accounts show that the camps are actually centers of abuse and sterilization, among other atrocities.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/report-china-keeping-millions-muslims-massive-emily-zanotti\">China<\/a>&nbsp;has been accused by experts and others of running \u201cconcentration camps\u201d in an attempt to kill off the minority populations in the region.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>According to a June report from The Jamestown Foundation, Chinese officials working the camps have forced pregnant Uyghur women to have violent&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/creeping-genocide-china-is-forcing-abortions-and-birth-control-on-thousands-of-minorities\">abortions<\/a> that often leave the women sterile. The aggressive abortion campaign has caused birth rates to plummet in parts of Xinjiang.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\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>Sen. 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