{"id":831641,"date":"2021-09-30T13:44:06","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T17:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=831641"},"modified":"2021-09-30T13:44:08","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T17:44:08","slug":"gop-lawmakers-blast-mlb-outsourcing-american-jobs-to-communist-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmakers-blast-mlb-outsourcing-american-jobs-to-communist-china\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Lawmakers Blast MLB: Outsourcing \u2018American Jobs To Communist China\u2019"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fgop-lawmakers-blast-mlb-outsourcing-american-jobs-to-communist-china%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=831641&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\/09\/MLB.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A pair of Republican congressmen blasted Major League Baseball (MLB) on Wednesday for relocating jobs from the United States to China in the league\u2019s effort to strengthen ties with the communist country.<\/p>\n<p>Reps. Jim Hagedorn (MN) and Buddy Carter (GA) <a href=\"https:\/\/hagedorn.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/hagedorn-carter-resolution-disapproving-china-outsourcing\">introduced<\/a> a resolution to the House condemning the MLB. In particular, the lawmakers slammed the MLB over the shut down of a Minnesota manufacturing plant operated by Miken Sports, which does business with the league. The plant is moving its operations, and roughly 70 jobs, to China, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/mlb-ships-jobs-to-china-to-build-closer-relationship-with-ccp\/\">The Washington Free Beacon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBaseball is considered to be America\u2019s national pastime, so it is completely outrageous that MLB has decided to shut down the Miken Sports plant in Caledonia and outsource American jobs to communist China \u2013 directly defying Major League Baseball\u2019s position as an American sports league,\u201d Hagedorn said in a statement. \u201cMiken has been one of the largest employers in Caledonia for decades, and this community will face major hardships and job losses due to this closure. We are urging MLB to reverse this decision, purchase products that are made in America and work to keep these jobs at home. We must always ensure that American workers, families, and communities are treated fairly and come first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the organization responsible for America\u2019s pastime, Major League Baseball should be an unquestionable supporter of American jobs,\u201d Carter said in a statement. \u201cHowever, the league\u2019s decision to shutter the Miken Sports plant in Caledonia, Minnesota, and move those jobs to China is incredibly disheartening. America\u2019s pastime should be supported by American-made products and American jobs; it is time for Major League Baseball to live up to its role as an American institution and the duty that comes with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In March, the league announced a new deal with the Chinese tech giant Tencent to stream MLB games into China for the next two years, another step in strengthening ties between the American sports league and the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/rand-paul-mlb-might-be-a-little-too-woke-if-league-does-business-with-chinese-communists-while-boycotting-georgia\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"26.651215805471\">\n<p><em>\u2026 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&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/mlb-georgia-tencent-nba-hong-kong\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In 2017, the MLB&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/mlb-reveals-plans-to-help-game-grow-in-china-c263931024\">partnered<\/a>&nbsp;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.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\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<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>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<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\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&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A pair of Republican congressmen blasted Major League Baseball (MLB) on Wednesday for relocating jobs from the United States to China in the league\u2019s effort to strengthen ties with the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-831641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831641","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=831641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=831641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=831641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=831641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}