Failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate and voting-rights activist Stacey Abrams refused to take responsibility at a Senate hearing Tuesday for Major League Baseball withdrawing the All-Star Game from Georgia over the state’s new election law that she opposes."One day of games is not worth losing our democracy," Ms. Abrams said. ...

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Sen. Chuck Grassley slammed Major League Baseball on Tuesday over the league’s decision to move its All-Star Game out of Georgia for political reasons.

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Grassley slams MLB's All-Star Game move out of Georgia as 'economic terrorism'

U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is claiming Major League Baseball's decision to move the All-Star Game out of Atlanta will cost the city "100 million jobs." There are just over 150 million Americans who are currently employed, so the Iowa Republicans Senator is claiming that effectively, two-thirds of working Americans will lose their jobs because of the move, which is false.Major League Baseball pulled the game out of Atlanta in response to …

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‘Making up numbers now?’: Chuck Grassley scorched for saying moving All-Star game out of Atlanta cost ‘100 million jobs’

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Grassley scorched for bogus claim moving All-Star Game out of Atlanta cost '100 million jobs'

Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Chuck Grassley (R-IA) set the tone for his party’s reaction to Democratic accusations of voter...

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Grassley Calls MLB Decision To Move All-Star Game From Atlanta ‘Economic Terrorism’

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) claimed that MLB moving the All-Star Game cost Georgia 100 million jobs, but Georgia only has 10 million people.

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By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
@StacyBrownMediaElections and the actions of lawmakers do have consequences.And because of a new voter suppression bill signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp, Major League Baseball has announced it would move its potentially lucrative 2021 All-Star game from Atlanta.“Just as elections have consequences, so do the actions of those who are elected,” Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms wrot…

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