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Capitol Attack by Nation of Islam Follower Former President Donald Trump on Friday called for a boycott of Major League Baseball, after it announced it would be pulling the All-Star Game from Georgia as a protest to the state's new restrictive voting law. Trump said that MLB's leadership was "afraid of the Radical Left Democrats," claiming the party pressured the league to relocate its mid-summer game because of Georgia's new election law, recently signed by Republican Gov. Brian Kemp. The league announced on Friday that it would no longer host its 2021 All-Star Game in Atlanta after Geor...

Mike Huckabee tweet claiming to 'identify' as Chinese stirs controversy Carly Roman © Provided by Washington Examiner Mike Huckabee drew scrutiny on social media for a tweet claiming that he will identify as Chinese. The former Arkansas governor, 65, attracted controversy from Twitter users who were offended by his Saturday morning tweet listing reasons he is choosing to "'identify' as Chinese." "I’ve decided to 'identify' as Chinese. Coke will like me, Delta will agree with my 'values' and I’ll probably get shoes from Nike & tickets to @MLB games," Huckabee wrote. "Ain�...

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp reacts on ‘Fox and Friends Weekend’ to Major League Baseball announcing it's pulling the All-Star game from the state over its new voting law. Appearing on "Fox & Friends Weekend," Kemp said it was "unfortunate" that the league had "caved to cancel culture" and accused President Biden, Georgia activist Stacey Abrams and "a lot of other people" of lying about the election bill he recently signed into law.  "It's really a sad day for Major League Baseball," the Republican governor said. "As somebody that grew up playing baseball as a kid and a fan, played in hi...

Updated: 1:32 p.m. on Saturday, April 3, 2021 Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said Saturday that Major League Baseball “bowed down to the cancel culture” by moving its All-Star game from Atlanta in response to the state’s new voting law. “We shouldn’t apologize for wanting to make it easy to vote and hard to cheat,” Mr. Kemp said at a press conference. “I will not back down. This bill is creating more accessibility.” MLB Commissioner Robert Manfred announced Friday that the 2021 All-Star Game will be moved out of Atlanta due to Georgia’s law overhauling its e...

"If you want to know what courage looks like, look at Major League Baseball right now. They saw the naked, jingoistic racism of voter suppression in Georgia, and in response, decided to move this year's All-Star game from the state," Freeman wrote, later adding the move is "what guts look like."  In turn, Freeman blasted the "cowardice" of the Atlanta Braves organization, which released a statement Friday saying they were "deeply disappointed" by the MLB decision and were "saddened" that their fans would not be able to enjoy the July game. "The Braves organization will continue to stress t...