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Barack Obama praises MLB decision to pull All-Star Game out of Georgia
[NYPOST] Former President Obama has gone to bat for Major League Baseball, issuing a rare tweet Saturday praising their decision to move its All-Star Game out of Atlanta to protest restrictive new voting laws in the Peach State."Congratulations to @MLB for taking a stand on behalf of voting rights for all citizens. There’s no better way for America’s pastime to honor the great Hank Aaron, who always led by example," the former commander in chief said. Georgia earned liberal ire last month after Gov. Brian Kemp signed the restrictive new measures into law. The bill requires photo IDs for mail-in voting and forbids bringing food or water to people waiting in voting lines. AKA: electioneering within 150' of a poll place Republicans say the law is necessary to curb voter fraud. The issue became a cause célèbre in the state after former President Trump narrowly lost Georgia to Joe The Big GuyBiden  ...46th president of the U.S. Former Senator-for-Life from Delaware, an example of the kind of top-notch Washington intellect to be found in the World's Greatest Deliberative Body....in the 2020 presidential election. Though there is no evidence of widespread fraud influenced the outcome, Georgia and a number of other GOP-controlled states have moved swiftly to tighten up voting anyway Related: President Obama: 2021-03-21 Terrified Biden Wanders Around The White House Wondering Where Obama Went President Obama: 2021-03-18 Convicted Democratic fund-raiser had secret ties to U.S. intelligence President Obama: 2021-02-24 Lawyers accused of torching NYPD car with Molotov cocktail offered plea deal Posted by: Fred 2021-04-05 |
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