The ex-president Donald Trump has returned to the American professional sports scene this time to ask about the boycott baseball Major League Baseball after they pull out of the celebration, this summer, of the Game of stars in Atlanta, protesting the new voting bill passed in the state Georgia.
Trump, who had a permanent confrontation with the major leagues during his tenure because they believed they were “politicized” and managers “forced” by threats from players, urged fans boycott the competition, by means of a statement from the organization Red America PAC.
The former president claimed that the leadership of Major League Baseball “ feared radical left-wing Democrats ” and claimed the party was putting pressure on the commissioner, Rob Manfred, to change location due to Georgia’s new electoral law recently signed by Republican Governor Brian Kemp.
Trump also targeted large corporations Atlanta loves Coca-Cola and Delta, which made statements against Georgian law, given that they can follow the same boycott path as the Major leagues.
“Baseball is already losing large numbers of fans,” Trump wrote, “and now they are leaving Atlanta with them Star game because they fear radical left Democrats who don’t want much-needed voter ID to protect our elections. ‘
Governor Kemp, for his part, defined the Major League Baseball decision as authentic “madness”, and confirmed that election laws in New York, the headquarters of Major League, they were still “stricter” than Georgia’s.
Other controversies about Trump
During his presidency, Trump repeatedly criticized the national football league (NFL) for allowing protests from players during the performance of the National Anthem prior to games, something he considered an “insult” and “disrespect” to the entire country.
Last year he reviewed the NBA as a ‘political organization’ after several teams suspended playoff games in protest against police brutality.
Trump too the NBA has defined as ‘bought’ by China, claiming that the basketball league prefers its own overseas revenues to support for pro-democracy policies.
His showdown was also with the stars of the NBA, led by striker LeBron James, of Los Angeles Lakers, who refused to visit the White House while he was president.
Quite the opposite of what happened to his predecessor in office, the Democrat Barack Obama, who the stars of the NBA admired and currently have him as “advisor.”
The players’ union confirmed it had consulted with Obama before deciding to boycott several playoff games in protest at the black citizen’s death. George Floyd