Atlanta lost Major League Baseball‘s (MLB) summer All-Star Game on Friday over the league’s objections to sweeping changes to Georgia voting laws that critics — including the CEOs of Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines and Coca-Cola — have condemned as being too restrictive.
The decision to pull the July 13 game from Atlanta’s Truist Park amounts to the first economic backlash against Georgia for the voting law that Republican Gov. Brian Kemp quickly signed into law March 25.
The law includes new restrictions on voting by mail and greater legislative control over how elections are run.
Jennifer Johnson explains.
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Glad I canceled my cable. No more global. Never watched baseball.
What's wrong Republicans? I thought you guys were all for Capitalism/Free Enterprise, so you're now against it regarding Delta Airlines when it's hurting your discriminatory policies in Georgia?!
Boycott Georgia! Make it howl!
Yet you need photo id to pick up your ticket from will call
MLB is actually standing down not up for voter rights! The Atlanta Braves are smarter than to fall for that cocky mania! Good thing because we enjoy those game.
It isn't new voter Id…it's voter id and if someone doesn't have id, which is laughable, the state will provide free id…what's wrong with voter id?? Oh wait..that would make it a fair election (as long as Dome in Yun isn't involved)and we all know how the Democrats feel about that!! They've extended early voting hours from 7am-7pm…Sat. is the only day it closes at 5pm…water coolers will be available in line…no electioneering allowed..where's the problem? Byedone is lying and the ignorant follow ignorantly claiming racism where there is none!
Voter rights are fair & honest elections and picking the ones the legal voters voted for. Illegals are not able to vote. This is not targeted at black votors. Period
Bull crap!!! You need an ID for just about anything! You should most definitely have one to vote!! What’s up with this lawlessness??
Boycott the MLB. Go woke, GO BROKE
There's big difference between rights and license. It's a dumocrat ploy. Dumocrats suck.
Yeah, just imagine, Delta tells a group of black people that they have to show ID to board one of their planes……but, they also have a 19 day window to show up for the flight and a 12 hour window on the "flight day" to board the plane and be ok, but American Airlines calls that "racist"…….and that those rules are "suppressive"……it sounds just as ridiculous in this case……..not white people, not Trump, not Republicans, not confederate statues, Dr. Seuss, or the Washington Redskins, the DEMOCRATS think you are that stupid….and they must be right, because look how pissed off they can get you to be…..about ANYTHING
Ridiculous
Worst part is???? To dipshit ignorant "woke" voters? They applaud MLB like the MLB won't generate the same revenue in another city…..the only LOSS is to Atlanta!!!!!
Talk about the whole law cherry picker….
So sad MLB they are hot garbage…should affect years ago… Cry me a river
You want your point understood boycott haha
RIP MLB. GOD BLESS DONALD J TRUMP
Alternate title: MLB Goes Woke — Dividing it's Fan Base and Misrepresenting the Voting Law
Koodos to Georgia, your not reporting the facts
Yes!!! "When it comes Vote, We do not joke." America Way of life and if threaten the world will have to answer to us. We Human also.
When a Chinese owned media company is telling you about American politics, you can rest assured it’s a psyop. Keep waking up fellow Americans
You guys do know there's more to it than "Requiring ID" right? I agree requiring ID for voting is necessary, and the MLB should stay out of it, but there's more to the law than just that.
Nobody has a right to vote without appropriate ID. Joe Biden convicts himself with his very OWN words.
Biden's words on Nov. 5th 2020 : "We have put together . . I think . . the most extensive and inclusive voter fraud organization in the history of American Politics."
Shame on the MLB! I played Baseball for 20years and now I plan to Boycoltt the MLB. Baseball should have never been Politicized!
boycott MLB, Coke & "woke" Global news
Punishment for not conforming to the ideology
When those liberals at the NY Times came out today and said they saw NO VOTER RESTRICTIONS in the new Georgia law. You would think the rest of liberal media would know they got busted for lying. But no– not everyone.
Instead of airing this hit piece maybe you could outline the actual Policy changes, like a "Journalist". Required Identification to Vote is not Racist, it's common sense.
People should not be require to show ID to vote! Anybody should should buy or be able to bring drinks to voter even sponsors. Voters can now only bring their only drinks but it will not be sponsor drink like a Coke from Democrat Party.😫. Glad companies like Delta Airlines, Coca-cola, J.P. Morgan among other companies that are backing MLB move AllStar Game and MLB draft to another state too! Looks like California or Seattle is the rumor. Next year All Star game was schedule for LA. President Biden has got your back, Atlanta!😊. President Biden remembers!
Drinking a coke watching baseball!! Lol 🤣🇺🇸🤜🤛😉
Charles Barkley expose the politicians trying to cause divisions.. and media is to blame as well
Baa-Baa-Baa. Sheep toting false Q-A-Quack conspiracies and lies that your Repubes Leaders are spountin. Way to fall in line, sheep.
Time to boycott Global News. They always portray the lefts perspectives as correct and center-right as wrong. You display no facts and only feelings and rumour. Geogia actually expanded early voting. Just because they don’t want fraud, you call them and all who agree racist.
For over forty years, a prerequisite for a metropolitan region in the states to be awarded a major sports franchise has been tax deferred periods for the franchise, including rights-of- way improvements police and fire, and other free stuff. Now the woke owners and executives of MLB and others expect their cash cows to follow the franchises political stance OR ELSE! Time to stand up for state's rights. Threaten a state and revoke all special benefits and if they still insist on taking the rights of government by the state's people, bann the franchises and the sport. The same plan can be used against Woke a Cola, Ford, Delta, etc by removing tax and other breaks given to them. They can all be replaced with businesses in favour with state policies. There is nothing wrong with eliminating bribery and requiring voter ID. You need IS to drive a vehicle, but a newer at a pub or cash a cheque.