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In April 2021, Snopes readers asked us to examine the authenticity and accuracy of reports that U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, a Republican from Florida, had sent a “scathing letter” to Major League Baseball (MLB) Commissioner Rob Manfred, over the organization’s recent decision to move the 2021 All-Star Game out of Georgia in response to the passage of S.B. 202, a controversial electoral reform law.
On April 5, The Week published an article with the headline “Marco Rubio sends scathing letter to MLB commissioner after league pulls All-Star Game from Atlanta,” reporting:
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) is the latest Republican to lash out at Major League Baseball over its decision to pull the 2021 All-Star Game from Atlanta in response to Georgia’s controversial new voting law, which critics say will suppress voters’ rights. Rubio penned a letter to MLB commissioner Rob Manfred on Monday, clearly aiming to paint the move as a hypocritical one. “I write to ask whether yo