This year, both Georgia and Texas passed new voter integrity laws. The laws made voting more uniform and predictable for voters and had the additional benefit of reducing the potential for voter fraud. Critics contended that the laws were politically motivated. President Biden went further: he suggested that the laws were even worse than historical racial segregation in the deep South, commonly referred to as Jim Crow.
Other Democrats and leaders of global corporations also struck back, even convincing Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred to take away the All-Star game from Atlanta. Biden unequivocally supported moving the game out of Georgia. The move sadly cost businesses in Atlanta millions of dollars in revenue. For Major League Baseball, though, that price wasn’t too high to pay in order to make their point.
But welcome to October baseball! Now that the Houston Astros and the Atlanta Braves are playing in the World Series, the nation’s eyes once again will turn to both Texas and Georgia, which will host the best-of-seven series. In a normal world, watching the World Series would be as American as apple pie. And all of that missing revenue from the All-Star game should come roaring back to Atlanta. But don’t expect any apologies from President Biden. Or former Georgia state legislator Stacey Abrams. I doubt you’ll hear from them at all…