{"id":410737,"date":"2021-04-11T12:58:45","date_gmt":"2021-04-11T16:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=410737"},"modified":"2021-04-11T12:58:47","modified_gmt":"2021-04-11T16:58:47","slug":"backlash-against-georgia-voting-law-fizzles-dozens-protest-masters-golf-tournament-in-augusta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/backlash-against-georgia-voting-law-fizzles-dozens-protest-masters-golf-tournament-in-augusta\/","title":{"rendered":"Backlash Against Georgia Voting Law Fizzles, \u2018Dozens\u2019 Protest Masters Golf Tournament In Augusta"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fbacklash-against-georgia-voting-law-fizzles-dozens-protest-masters-golf-tournament-in-augusta%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=410737&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-1368.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A planned protest against Georgia\u2019s new election regulations fizzled on Saturday as just two dozen demonstrators turned out to pressure the PGA to abandon its annual Masters Tournament played in Augusta, Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike Major League Baseball, which made the decision to relocate its All-Star Game from Atlanta after Georgia\u2019s legislature passed a new series of election regulations, the PGA elected not to change the location of its Masters Tournament, which has been played at Augusta National Golf Club since the mid-1930s, despite demands from the National Black Justice Coalition and other voter rights organizations.<\/p>\n<p>It does not appear that any of the tour\u2019s professional golfers boycotted the event.<\/p>\n<p>The PGA Tour <a href=\"https:\/\/golfweek.usatoday.com\/2021\/04\/03\/pga-tour-voting-laws-georgia-masters-tour-championship\/\">issued a statement last week<\/a> clarifying its position on the subject noting that \u201cour intention to stage an event in a particular market should not be construed as indifference to the current national conversation around voting rights. The PGA Tour fully supports efforts to protect the right of all Americans to vote and to eliminate any barriers that may prevent citizens\u2019 voices from being heard and counted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Tour also noted that \u201cThe Masters is run by Augusta National Golf Club, however, and is just loosely affiliated with the PGA Tour,\u201d according to Golfweek.<\/p>\n<p>Opponents, of course, say the law greatly restricts voting access, particularly to minority communities. But supporters of the law say it makes necessary changes that protect the integrity of Georgia elections \u2014 integrity which, they say, was challenged in 2020 and again in a runoff election in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Although activists anticipated a backlash against the Masters, just \u201ctwo dozen\u201d protesters showed up, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/04\/10\/group-protests-new-georgia-voting-law-near-augusta-national\/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&amp;utm_source=NYPTwitter&amp;utm_medium=SocialFlow\">according to the New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA group of about two dozen people gathered near Augusta National Golf Club to protest Georgia\u2019s new voting law,\u201d the outlet noted. \u201cThe protestors held up signs reading \u2018Let Us Vote\u2019 and \u2018Protect Georgia Voting Rights\u2019 as the third round of the Masters was underway Saturday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis bill is death by a thousand cuts,\u201d one voter rights activist who attended Saturday\u2019s protest at the Masters told media. \u201cAnytime you put new restrictions on how you can vote, that\u2019s voter suppression. We should be making it easier to vote. It\u2019s the patriotic thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Event attendees appeared unconcerned about the demonstration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne man passing by shouted an insult against Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, who signed new voter restrictions into law last month. But another yelled at protesters, \u2018C\u2019mon, you can vote! Get out of here!&#8217;\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/golf\/2021\/04\/10\/protest-near-masters-pushes-back-against-georgia-voting-law\/115690132\/\">according to USA Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Another PGA tour event is planned for Georgia, but not until September. The LPGA, which hosts the tournament, is not committed to moving their tournament, either, according to a separate statement issued last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe KPMG Women\u2019s PGA Championship is a partnership between three organizations committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion: PGA of America, LPGA, and KPMG,\u201d they said. \u201cLike many entities, we are monitoring developments related to the new state legislation on voting access. We believe elections should be accessible, fair and secure, and support broad voter participation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>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&nbsp;<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A planned protest against Georgia\u2019s new election regulations fizzled on Saturday as just two dozen demonstrators turned out to pressure the PGA to abandon its annual Masters Tournament played in &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311994,"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-1368.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Backlash Against Georgia Voting Law Fizzles, \u2018Dozens\u2019 Protest Masters Golf Tournament In Augusta","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-410737","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-1368.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Backlash Against Georgia Voting Law Fizzles, \u2018Dozens\u2019 Protest Masters Golf Tournament In Augusta","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410737","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=410737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}