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President Trump broke his silence on Saturday by calling for a general boycott of Major League Baseball after the league decided to move its coveted All-Star Game out of Atlanta, Georgia due to the state passing a new law to combat vote fraud.

The MLB commissioner Rob Manfred explained his decision by releasing a statement that claimed ‘the best way to demonstrate our values as a sport.’

As The Hill reports:

Former President Trump called for a boycott of Major League Baseball after it decided to move its All-Star Game out of Georgia in protest of the state’s new bill signed into law that tightens voting restrictions.

“Baseball is already losing tremendous numbers of fans, and now they leave Atlanta with their All-Star Game because they are afraid of the Radical Left Democrats who do not want voter I.D., which is desperately needed, to have anything to do with our elections,” Trump said in a statement released by Save America PAC.

“Boycott baseball and all of the woke companies that are interfering with Free and Fair Elections. Are you listening Coke, Delta, and all!” he added, referencing other companies that have criticized the new law…

Trump in particular has claimed repeatedly that Georgia experienced widespread voter fraud after Biden won the state by just over 11,000 votes. His loss there marked the first time since 1992 that a Republican presidential contender lost Georgia.

Will the MLB end up regretting its partisan decision to support a Democrat talking point in Georgia? Let us know what you think in the comments below.



Comments

    1. When the power of the government and power of corporations unite, it will and is taking this country into a spiral on a path we will all regret

      1. Fight back. Michael Jordan once said to Nike, Republicans buy shoes, too! I haven’t bought anything that has the Swoosh and I threw out Nike T-shirts I already had!!! Then don’t be afraid to tell your “Lefty” friends how you feel about Biden. Didn’t you have to listen to all their vile speeches about Trump?

        1. Like you Carol, a couple years ago just made sure we didn’t buy the Nike stuff. Will do the same with a new list of woke companies. Thanks for your comments!

    2. Frankly I’ve pretty much quit wasting time watching major sports, it’s just another political platform anymore.

      1. @Carol & Neighbor, I’m with you and fully agree.
        Unfortunately, I don’t think people are willing or committed to push back. Then they complain.
        Boggles the mind!

          1. Speaking of guts, Nob, did you have the guts to smear your fecal matter in the Capitol?

      2. Who gives a rats ass what ya’ll watch! Republicans not watching major sports don’t affect majors sports in the least. Most people Republicans or Democrats gonna watch major sports regardless what Chump or other politicians might say!

      3. Same here Brother, there are plenty of others doing same. Don’t buy there stuff or their stock either.

    3. Absolutely. I’ve been a lifelong fan of football. But, once players started “taking the knee” during our national anthem, I lost all interest in the game. It looks like baseball is going down the same whirlpool of destruction. So sad for all the ancillary services that depend on the sport for livelihood. When will these Woke people WAKE UP?

      1. So you lost interest? The major sports world will go on without you for SURE! After ALL of Chump’s BS about kneeling during the national anthem! Colin Kaepernick was NEVER disrespecting our troops or the flag. All of that was proved to be yet ANOTHER BIG LIE from Chump. Kaepernick was proven RIGHT! He had the RIGHT to Peacefully Protest the injustices going on in this nation toward people of color by law enforcement. He took a knee to protest Police Brutality. YEARS before George Floyd’s eventual death when that WOKE Deranged Cop “TOOK A KNEE” not to protest but on a human being’s neck and murdered him in broad daylight with camera’s rolling from every angle. Woke people like YOU need to WAKE UP. Now READ IT and WEEP!!!

      2. Same here, we just lost interest and actually found life is better being more physically active. Not going to support the behavior aimed against ordinary American people

    4. you need a picture ID to cash a check, board a plan, even get “food stamps” card, is voting less important?!?

  1. well no baseball games for this family sports has nothing to do with politics, we watch baseball to get away from politics. they don’t mix so I guess mlb lost some revenue from me. BYE

  2. I use to love watching baseball but if they want to make political statements by boycotting Georgia because of election laws then I will no longer be supporting baseball…politics has nothing to do with baseball and baseball has nothing to do with politics…if they can not separate the two then bye bye baseball.

    1. Good bye! Most major corporations agree with MLB and most of Americans that did NOT vote for Chump. We will NOT stand back and let some states like Georgia make new laws to disenfranchise black voters rights, no matter how many of you stop watching major sports!

      1. Stupid comment. There is no disenfranchising anyone. Get an ID to identify yourself and then go vote. What are you afraid of? Prove you are registered and who you say you are. Simple as that. Try cashing a check without ID. Try getting on a plane or ship without ID. All voters should have ID to prove who they are and if they are registered. Easy to do. And it’s common sense.

      2. Same laws in FL and nothing negative for 20 years since reform, all races enjoy fair voting and ID, mail in ,etc. Just know who is voting and much harder to cheat. All this noise is a set up for HR 1 which is the radical left end game to make voting controlled by Fed, just a grab for power and doesn’t help anyone except them

  3. NFL run me off. They to a knee and, after a lifetime of following, I took and exit. Basketball became owned and controlled by China so, it’s out For the record, want watch any baseball in this house.

    America First. We the People need to wake up. Remember we are independent states come together to for a democratic Country of, by, and for the people.
    One “legal” qualified citizen, one vote – or don’t vote. Any true American should want nothing else.

    1. When the first knee dropped the NFLI lost me. I haven’t watched since. And my wife and me were big fans!!!

  4. No more Coca-cola products. Never again on Delta airlines. You support Socialism?… You lose me… Forever!

    1. Very well said
      everyone should follow what you said
      boycott Coke -not good for your health
      boycott Delta – lately they have become very rude
      There are other airlines

    2. we cut out all coke products and replaced delta international flights with Turkish airline; domestic flights with other airlines, after 34 years flying with delta!

  5. Major League Baseball will regret their commissioner’s focus on political pandering rather than the sport of baseball itself.

    Fans will lose interest quickly if the sport becomes another left-wing venue for liberal Democrats, BLM, and antifa propaganda.

    Time for a real baseball leader to be commissioner. The sport should not be led by mediocre political lawyers.

  6. No more coca-cola, no more MLB…these people didn’t even read the bill much less understand it. Delta is the same thing…I will avoid any business travel with them. They’re making commitments backed by false narratives, especially from our PINO (president in name only…yes, I stole it from another) who’s very words have once again sparked the false outrage of the media to stoke the fires of division…

  7. I stopped watching it went they threw in with BLM. Don’t support baseball in any way. Ditto for the NBA and The NFL. You can get along without them.

  8. We should boycott Coke a cola and Delta as well as MLB. At the very”
    Least no one should watch the all star game.

  9. Yes BOYCOTTING WORKS!!! And the boycotts of MLB & their sponsor’s like coke cola, which is “TRAINING IT’S EMPLOYEES TO BE LESS WHITE” All these problems only started because of bidens communist agenda. Also need to boycott abc, cbs, nbc, cnn, msnbc, and their sponsor’s, why can’t MSM be sued for MALPRACTICE??? BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN LYING, AND THEY USE CLEVER EDITING. Hit them where it hurts, the pocketbook!!! God bless PRESIDENT TRUMP AND AMERICA!!! DOWN WITH biden, harris, pelosi, schumer, aoc, swalwell, and the rest of the commies that are using the constitution as a doormat, and the flag as a fire starter.

  10. so…

    base ball watches what happens to football, and IGNORE the results.
    baseball watches basket ball, and ignores the results.

    so NOW they are going to show everybody how it’s supposed to be done and DESTROY THEIR GOLDEN COOKIE MACHINE as well…?

    ok, been a dodgers fans since they were in Brooklyn in 1950…

    but i have no problem turning my back because THEY DON’T PLAY baseball anymore anyway.

  11. Done, and done! Go broke with your farcial “wokeness”, MLB. The left should shut up and sit down!!!

  12. This is bull. They are destroying all the sports with politics. Georgia is making voting more transparent and honest but the left ‘s talking point that requiring ID is racist is getting old.

  13. I for one will boycott baseball games along with football and refuse to support any paraphernalia. It pisses me off that these so called athletes refuse to honor our flag and national anthem

  14. I’m getting rid of all sports items. Started with the NFL, basketball,hockey and now baseball. Nothing but dumb azz pieces of sh-t.

  15. Why would anyone support communism! Unless they are just lazy slugs.

    Remove all communist democrats from office! period.

  16. We have done with out baseball for over the past years due to the corona virus why no t extend it to this whole year too for we have seen so we can do with out already!!!! GOD maybe they won’t have enough to pay for their “million dollar baseball cry babies salaries”!!!! Won’t that be a GREAT BONUS FOR US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  17. I totally agree…. and it needs to be complete – no in-person, no TV, nothing. MLB wants to act line NFL, but they would not be around if it were not for the fans of the sport and players giving them money, one way or another.

  18. I will definitely NOT be watching MLB due to this purely political based decision! Screw the Democrats! Trump 2024!!

  19. It will not affect anything. Baseball fans just want to watch baseball and won’t pay much attention to the politics of it. It is certainly a real shame for MLB to become just like the NFL and NBA. Please go back to playing sports and let the politicians play their games without involving us in their ridiculous battles.

  20. This just shows how far our country has fallen into total disgrace of what our country was built on.

  21. I think MLB and all other sports should stick to what they do best and that’s play their respective games as best they can. We do not want as fans , want or care what their political positions are. Fans watch because they wish to be entertained, not lectured to by millionaire ball players. Rob Manfred should be replaced as he will be responsible for the further demise of MLB with this decision.

  22. We need to see where the game is to take place and add that city to the boycotts. Those companies located there and to those corporations who support the game, buying tickets,etc. Need to be added to the list. I am sick and tired of all of this and finally have a way to voice my opinion. Republicans stand up and let your voices be heard by walking away from these companies. We must unite!

  23. I could boycott major league baseball if I watched it in the first place, but I have better things to do with my time than watch 9 guys standing in a field waiting to sit on a bench. It’s really not up to a bunch of overpaid, overcharging entertainers to determine the politics of a whole state. They’re up in arms against voter ID which a large majority of Americans, including a small majority of Democrats, want. Perhaps they know more about it than most of their fans and should use their fans’ money and influence to override all of our wishes?

  24. The stupid thing is that they are upset with things that aren’t even in the law! The new GA law is not restrictive in the least just trying to make sure that the voters are voting at the correct polling place district (if they moved) and that they are a citizen. It is far less restrictive than many other states, even traditionally blue ones! Democrats are not about truth, just about power. This will end up hurting all of these places that are pushing these falsehoods in the end. True history never lies.

  25. Companies need to remember you should never malign 50% of your customers. If politicians realized that there would be more compromise and less conflict in Congress. When things open up we’ll be flying ABD (anybody but Delta).

  26. I have made a decision to never go to watch another MLB game, on the TV or in person.

    I’m done with those losers

  27. I am all for punishing Nosy Parkers like big corporations meddling in virtue signalling. There are a lot of other options for flying besides Delta, and just give up drinking Coke….it’s pure junk. Empty calories. When these idiots start losing money they’ll come back to heel!!!

  28. I guess the only sport left that doesn’t disrespect the flag is golf. That’s all that’s left to watch on TV, since I won’t watch any of the ungrateful millionaires in any of the other sports anymore. MLB Americas sport? Not anymore!

  29. Just another reason not to watch. They have politicized their sport First with BLM and kneeling during the National anthem and now this. They have taking any entertainment out of the game. And yes this is only a game.

  30. Ever since Basketball knelt down to China, I gave up on Basketball. When football knelt down with Kaepernak, I said good bye to Football. Now that Baseball has knelt down to the Radical Democrats, I have decided to say Good Bye to my beloved baseball. I did not touch the cokes that were on the Passover table and my flying days with Delta are history.

  31. As soon as I read that extra inning games were to begin with a player on 2nd base, I decided to not watch baseball any more. This latest nonsense from that idiot Manfred just confirms my decision.

  32. I’m doing my best. But……when it comes to sports I don’t believe people are committed to seriously sending these racist teams packing.
    Looks to me that people just can’t wait to get back in the stands. This really infuriates me terribly.
    Just like all the Republicans in Congress.
    They go along to get along, hoping soon they’ll be liked by the media. Where has it gotten them?

  33. I have been Boycotting Pro level Sports since those Spoiled Brats playing games for Millions started disrespecting the Flag. I won’t watch or buy anything of Theirs. In FACT if I have anything from a Pro Sports team I will burn it vice sell it even if it would make me big big bucks.

  34. Sickening all these sports and major corporations playing politics and no back bones to stand up for what is right. I’ve been voting over 50 years and have neither not shown my picture ID at the polls. Shame on all hope the boycott is successful. 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

  35. I will do my part by boycotting everyone of the self righteous hypocrites involved in this . I spent 90 minutes reading the bill and discovered just what pathetic liars the sitting President, the media and numerous corporate chieftains are.

  36. I just hope and pray that the people of this wonderful country wakes up and remember this so called president in 2022 and 2024, we as a country can put the house in the hands of the republican, and the Republicans can take the Senate back all in 2022 and show this communist President once and for all that him and Harris his poodle, and of course crying Chuck Shue- ball, and boney Nancy Gomer Pelosi that we the people are tired of all their costly ways. We are fed up with this senile nut cracker and when it comes to 2024 we the people will take our country back. Join us are get out of the way cause this train is coming and if your not on board we will run over you. I hope my President and yes i said he is and always has been my President President Trump i hope you are ready sir we are. God bless you sir.

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