{"id":418495,"date":"2021-04-13T16:58:50","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T20:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=418495"},"modified":"2021-04-13T16:58:52","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T20:58:52","slug":"sens-cruz-hawley-and-lee-introduce-proposal-to-strip-mlb-of-antitrust-exemptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sens-cruz-hawley-and-lee-introduce-proposal-to-strip-mlb-of-antitrust-exemptions\/","title":{"rendered":"Sens. Cruz, Hawley and Lee introduce proposal to strip MLB of antitrust exemptions"},"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%2Fsens-cruz-hawley-and-lee-introduce-proposal-to-strip-mlb-of-antitrust-exemptions%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=418495&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 id=\"attachment_2397491\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2397491\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Mike Lee, center, flanked by Sen. Josh Hawley, left, and Sen. Ted Cruz, right, spoke about legislation to end Major League Baseball\u2019s special immunity from antitrust laws, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. (AP Photo\/Susan Walsh)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 1:40 PM PT \u2013 Tuesday, April 13, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Republican senators introduced a proposal to strip Major League Baseball\u2019s special immunity to antitrust laws.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) floated the bill on Monday. It came in response to the MLB\u2019s decision to pull the All-Star Game out of Georgia in protest of the state\u2019s recent election integrity laws.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MLB<\/a> has struck a real blow to the city of Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p>It is wrong.<\/p>\n<p>It is hypocritical.<\/p>\n<p>And it needs to stop. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IDsfLrr4mD\">pic.twitter.com\/IDsfLrr4mD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenTedCruz\/status\/1382027487182487555?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While introducing the bill, Cruz said the league must stop \u201cplaying dishonest politics\u201d when it comes to voters\u2019 rights.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2397492\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2397492\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2397492\" src=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1730.jpeg\" alt=\"Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, right, standing with Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., left, and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, center, talks about legislation to end Major League Baseball&#039;s special immunity from antitrust laws during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. (AP Photo\/Susan Walsh)\" width=\"655\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1730.jpeg 655w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AP21103619292483-315x210.jpg 315w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AP21103619292483-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AP21103619292483.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2397492\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Ted Cruz spoke about legislation to end Major League Baseball\u2019s special immunity from antitrust laws during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. (AP Photo\/Susan Walsh)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cMajor League Baseball understands the value of identification and they apparently don\u2019t think they\u2019re being bigoted racists when they ask you for a driver\u2019s license to pick up your tickets,\u201d Cruz stated. \u201cBut they decided to play politics with voting and elections in Georgia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The MLB\u2019s antitrust exemption was instated in 1922 and is currently the only exemption in place for a sports league.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/biden-continues-to-push-bipartisan-support-on-infrastructure-plan\/\">Biden Continues To Push Bipartisan Support On Infrastructure Plan<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Mike Lee, center, flanked by Sen. Josh Hawley, left, and Sen. 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