Texas Governor Declines First-Pitch Invite Over MLB Moving All-Star Game From Georgia
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he declined to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Texas Rangers’ home opening game because of Major League Baseball’s decision to move the All-Star Game from Atlanta in response to Georgia’s sweeping new voting laws.
Abbott thanked Neil Leibman, MLB’s chief operating officer, for the invitation.
“I was looking forward until Major League Baseball adopted what has turned out to be a false narrative about the election law reforms in Georgia, and, based on that false narrative, moved the MLB All-Star Game from Atlanta,” he wrote in a letter.
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McConnell Rants That Businesses Are ‘Bullying’ America By Criticizing GA GOP’s Voting Restrictions Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to the media after the Republican s weekly Senate luncheon in the Capitol on December 8, 2020. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch-Pool/Getty Images) April 5, 2021 10:57 a.m.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Monday railed against the backlash from top businesses over Georgia Republicans’ suppressive voting law in wake of the Major League Baseball (MLB) organization’s decision to pull its All-Star Game out of Atlanta.
Having apparently become concerned about corporate influence on politics all of a sudden, McConnell complained in a statement that “we are witnessing a coordinated campaign by powerful and wealthy people to mislead and bully the American people.”