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Biden: I'd 'Strongly Support' MLB Moving All-Star Game over GA Election Law
2021-04-02
[BREITBART] During an interview with ESPN aired on Wednesday’s "SportsCenter," President Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. You're a lyin' dog-faced pony soldier...
 said he would "strongly support" Major League Baseball moving its All-Star Game out of Atlanta over Georgia’s election law and said that "today’s professional athletes are acting incredibly responsibly" in leagues like the NBA.

Host Sage Steele asked, "Mr. President, what do you think about the possibility that baseball decides to move their All-Star Game out of Atlanta because of this political issue?"

Biden responded, "I think today’s professional athletes are acting incredibly responsibly. I would strongly support them doing that. People look to them. They’re leaders. Look at what’s happened with the NBA as well. Look at what’s happened across the board. The very people who are victimized the most are the people who are the leaders in these various sports. And it’s just not right."
Posted by:Fred

#17  ^^ Oooops, sorry. I missed Besoeker's post with the same link.

MODS: Please feel free to delete #16.

But "Progressive" Field....hehe.
Posted by: Clem   2021-04-02 21:47  

#16  And then there's this sick joke:

No Native American face paint, headdresses allowed in Progressive Field for Indians games

"Progressive" Field. Lol, how fitting.
Posted by: Clem   2021-04-02 21:42  

#15  @ #12 - Mike, indeed. In fact, it has been said that for Cleveland to host that All-star Game, they had to get rid of Chief Yahoo, which they did.

Posted by: Clem   2021-04-02 21:40  

#14  Hear, hear.

Enough of this bread and circuses garbage economy.

American junk culture including sports is just another tool of suppression by our Oligarchs, deployed to prevent Americans from rediscovering self-reliance and embracing traditional values and Western culture.
Posted by: Injun Tojo2718   2021-04-02 21:09  

#13  Personally, I hope all professional sports die at this point. I don't give two turds about a bunch of whiny, narcissists playing games for obscene amounts of money, ESPECIALLY when they pontificate about ANYTHING outside their sport. Nothing more than a bunch of criminals and druggies and if they all up and died, my life would only get better.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2021-04-02 20:57  

#12  
#3 Half surprised they haven't gotten on Atlanta's/Milwaukee's/Boston's ball club nickname "Braves".
Posted by: Clem 2021-04-02 12:00

The 2019 game was nearly yanked from Cleveland because MLB was touchy about the team's name - a name that, at the time, literally no one was complaining about. Atlanta will be next, don't doubt it.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2021-04-02 20:08  

#11  So Major League Baseball is punishing deep blue Atlanta? I can live with that. Question: Will they be able to find new venues for the draft announcements and all-star game in time, or will they just announce that it’s safer to do the draft virtually again this year, skipping the game altogether?
Posted by: trailing wife   2021-04-02 19:57  

#10  Nobody watches the MLB draft with its 100 rounds or the all star game
Posted by: Airandee   2021-04-02 17:03  

#9  Split it in two: the Woke Baseball Association and the Patriotic Baseball Association

Y'all can watch your trannies on the WBA and we'll watch normal types in the PBA
Posted by: Gleper Unomotle9770   2021-04-02 16:32  

#8  Cleveland, so Slide can do a victory lap in an electric chariot to Cardi B.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-04-02 16:20  

#7  Perhaps time to relook MLB's antitrust exemption?
Posted by: Tom   2021-04-02 15:45  

#6   Major League Baseball is moving the 2021 All-Star Game and 2021 draft out of Atlanta in response to a new Georgia voting law that critics say unfairly limits access to the ballot box, especially for people of color.

"Over the last week, we have engaged in thoughtful conversations with Clubs, former and current players, the Players Association, and The Players Alliance, among others, to listen to their views," MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement. "I have decided that the best way to demonstrate our values as a sport is by relocating this year's All-Star Game and MLB Draft."

The decision follows calls from as the White House to consider moving the midsummer classic out of Atlanta.

In his statement, Manfred said MLB "fundamentally supports voting rights for all Americans and opposes restrictions to the ballot box." Manfred said MLB would continue to celebrate the memory of Hank Aaron, who died in January, during the All-Star festivities.

No new site for the All-Star Game or draft were announced.
Posted by: Beavis   2021-04-02 15:13  

#5  "...acting incredibly responsibly"
Sure: compared to the Biden Crime Family's standards, pro athlete-thugs and louts are incredibly responsible. Without a doubt.
Posted by: Gomez Cravise3579   2021-04-02 12:38  

#4  Yes, indeed, look at the NBA.

I would imagine the real information about drug and physical abuse related to professional athletes has been compiled, including the times law enforcement 'knew who he was' and let him go.

What if people realize the only time pro athletes get in any trouble is when they do something so egregious it must be reported, like Tekken punching a gal in the hotel elevator, shooting themself in the leg at a New York club, or a murder suicide on game night. What if people realize all those PR deals, save a few honest birds, are compensation for getting in trouble but avoiding the application of common law; a community service for the union if you will.

Also according to 'Biden' they should stay on lockdown so no fans anyways, so where would they go? Wokeplace, MI? Underthethumb, CA? Byanymeans, NY?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-04-02 12:10  

#3  Half surprised they haven't gotten on Atlanta's/Milwaukee's/Boston's ball club nickname "Braves".
Posted by: Clem   2021-04-02 12:00  

#2  ...Interestingly, Stacey Abrams ("I shoulda been Governor!!!") is urging people NOT to boycott GA, ostensibly because it'll hurt the people they're trying to help most.

The word I think we're looking for here is "bullsh*t".

Her Enormity knows perfectly well that a full-on attempt at a boycott would piss off waaaaaaaaaaay too many people that she needs to rely on if she wants to have a chance in 2022.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2021-04-02 11:44  

#1  
SPORTS, MEDIA, ENTERTAINMENT SOCIAL EVENTS, RELIGION, THE LEGAL SYSTEM and etc...are now all politicized.

How about sticking to your Job Description:

SPORTS ---> Play Ball, NOT Politics

MEDIA ---> Report News, not create it or be part of the news.

ENTERTAINMENT ---> Just act your role/part. Quit running to the camera for free face time to promote movies, a dying career, or a lame book deal. Just do good things with the $10-40 Million you make per acting gig.

SOCIAL EVENTS ---> have a Political FREE Wedding, Birthday and Community Parade.

RELIGION ---> Stick to your Holy Book preach Morals and understanding. NOT Politics and Acceptance of things in direct conflict with your Holy Book.

THE LEGAL SYSTEM (cops and courts) ---> Adhere to your OATH OF OFFICE and State Constitution.There is no room for Politics in JUSTICE.
Posted by: NN2N1   2021-04-02 06:22  

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