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GOP Senators Introduce Retaliatory Legislation Against MLB for Leaving Georgia
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Three Republican senators announced on Tuesday they were introducing legislation to remove Major League Baseball’s (MLB) special antitrust exemption over the organization’s decision to move its All-Star Game away from Atlanta, Georgia.
MLB made that decision in response to a new law passed by Republican lawmakers in the state that imposes restrictive voting rules, particularly because the legislation makes voting especially more burdensome for Black and Brown voters.
Using ironic language lambasting “woke” companies involving themselves in politics — an action Republicans don’t seem to mind as much when it comes to corporate contributions for their own campaigns — Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) held a press briefing to announce their intention to declare MLB a monopoly.
That's right -- speak against the government, and they'll try to punish you for it.
Thoughts?