It is. Marco Rubio
Marco Antonio Rubio: Republicans blasted MLB for moving MPs All-Star Game GOP calls on Biden administration for guidance on reopening cruise industry Amazon union vote begins this week for the Alabama depot. MORE (R-Fla.) He sent a letter to MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred on Monday asking whether Manfred would step down as a member of the exclusive Augusta National Golf Club following the league’s decision to shoot the 2021 All-Star Game in Atlanta to protest Georgia’s controversial new voting law.
Rubio took a personal hit at the helm of MLB after Manfred said the decision to shoot the All-Star game and the MLB draft in Georgia was “the best way to demonstrate our values as a sport.”
“I am writing to ask if you intend to remain a member of the Augusta National Golf Club. As you know, the club exclusively for members is located in the state of Georgia “, Rubio wrote to Manfred.
Augusta National, the annual host of the Masters tournament, one of the most prestigious golf tournaments, did not invite a black player to compete in the Masters until 1975, and the club itself did not admit its first black member until 1990.
Rubio suggested that Manfred be committed to a double standard, supporting the decision to eliminate the All-Star Game from Georgia, due to criticism that the new state law discriminates against black voters in metropolitan Atlanta.
Rubio said the decision to move the All-Star game “will have a greater impact on countless small and minority businesses in and around Atlanta than the new election law will ever have.”
And he said it “smells like hypocrisy.”
Rubio also said he “has no illusions” that Manfred will end up as a member of August National, because “to do so would require personal sacrifice, as opposed to the fact that awakened corporate virtue signals the move of the All Star game.” from Atlanta ”.
The GOP senator and potential 2024 White House candidate challenged Manfred to reevaluate his baseball relationship with China and Cuba, two countries with a history of human rights violations.
“Will the Major League Baseball now end its commitment to nations that do not hold elections like China and Cuba at all? Will you end your profitable financial relationship with Tencent, a company with deep ties to the Communist Party and actively helping the Chinese government to pursue and silence political dissidents? Rubio wrote.
The Florida senator predicted that MLB will not boycott China, as it could lead to a substantial drop in revenues.
“Removing the All-Star game from Georgia is an easy way to signal the virtues without having significant financial effects. But speaking out against the Chinese Communist Party would mean a significant loss of revenue and the closure of a profitable market, ”he wrote.
His letter follows calls from Republican lawmakers, including Sen. Ted Cruz
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“@SenMikeLee & I will work hard to END MLB’s antitrust immunity,” Cruz posted on Twitter, along with the hashtag #GowokeGobroke.
Lee wrote on Twitter: “It’s time for the federal government to stop granting special privileges to specific, favored corporations – especially those that punish their political opponents.”