Obama congratulates MLB for ‘taking a stand’ against Georgia election law as Trump calls for boycott

Obama congratulates MLB for ‘taking a stand’ against Georgia election law as Trump calls for boycott


Obama on Saturday congratulated the league “for taking a stand on behalf of voting rights for all citizens,” following MLB’s Friday announcement. The Democrat’s tweeted support of the move struck a starkly different tone from his Republican successor’s statement late Friday that called for a boycott of baseball and all of the “woke companies that are interfering with Free and Fair Elections.”
Opponents of the new election law say the legislation, and similar measures being considered in other states, amount to voter suppression efforts that will reduce minority voting. Republicans cast the…

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