MLB pulls All-Star game from Georgia over new voter suppression law peoplesworld.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from peoplesworld.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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“The government is not now nor will we be supporting a system that requires Americans to carry a credential,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said. “There will be no federal vaccinations database and no federal mandate requiring everyone to obtain a single vaccination credential.” | Evan Vucci/AP Photo
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms lied Tuesday in a Democratic fundraising email, claiming the new Georgia elections law passed by Republicans barred voters from accepting water in line at the polls.
In an email with the subject line, “Illegal to hand someone a bottle of water if they’re waiting in line to vote?” Bottoms wrote in bold, “Now, under S.B. 202, it’s illegal to hand voters a bottle of water while they wait in line.”
The new Georgia law, however, which expands early voting, offers no such broad prohibition on water given to voters in line.
While the law bars political interest groups from trying to influence voter decisions in line with refreshments punishable by misdemeanor, the new restrictions provide explicit exceptions to election workers.
Jobs Creator Network CEO Alfredo Ortiz talks economic hit to Georgia tourism after MLB All-Star game moves do to political pressure.
MLB’s decision to move the All-Star game out of Atlanta, Georgia is set to cost Cobb County more than $100 million in lost tourism revenue.
On Monday, Jobs Creators Network CEO Alfredo Ortiz joined Fox & Friends to discuss how the economic damages of MLB’s move acts as another blow to the city’s economy, following the coronavirus pandemic and the threat of higher corporate taxes and federal regulation from the Biden administration. [Georgia] is barely making it out of this pandemic, Ortiz said. And now they’re faced, under the Biden administration, with potentially higher taxes, a higher minimum wage, more red tape and regulations, and now this.
That was their decision: White House walks fine line on MLB moving All-Star Game out of Atlanta msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.