The eruption of fake GOP outrage at MLB is actually very clarifying

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"It shows how unrepentant Republicans are over their widespread support for a certain former president’s effort to overturn the 2020 election and how hollow GOP attacks on “woke” corporations truly are."

Opinion | The eruption of fake GOP outrage at MLB is actually very clarifying
Republicans move to punish private corporations for the sin of defending voting rights.
washingtonpost.com
9:59 AM · Apr 5, 2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/05/eruption-fake-gop-outrage-mlb-is-actually-very-clarifying/

Here’s a juxtaposition that neatly captures the state of today’s GOP: Republican lawmakers are telling their voters to get angry at corporations that express support for the voting rights of African Americans, while also telling them that raising taxes on corporations to fund infrastructure repair is socialism.

Republicans are raging at Major League Baseball over its decision to move the All-Star Game from Atlanta in response to Georgia’s new voting law, which imposes various limits on ballot access that appear targeted at African Americans. Some are proposing legislation to revoke MLB’s federal antitrust exemption.

The use of legislative power for that punitive purpose is bad enough. But this whole episode is clarifying in other ways. It shows how unrepentant Republicans are over their widespread support for a certain former president’s effort to overturn the 2020 election and how hollow GOP attacks on “woke” corporations truly are.

First, let’s be clear about what Republicans are really saying here. They aren’t simply blasting MLB for moving the game (which some Democrats also oppose). They are also criticizing the content of MLB’s message about Georgia’s law.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, for instance, raged that MLB’s message is based on “fear and lies.” Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas ripped it as “woke.” Rep. Jeff Duncan of South Carolina managed the spectacularly Orwellian assertion that it would somehow undermine “election integrity.”

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[nature-lover]

1. Cruz looks like Fidel Castro in that photo.

[Stallion]

3. I muttered those exact same words to myself

deja vue all over again

--Yogi Beara

[NewDayOranges]

5. Fidel Castro was much better-looking than Sen Cruz!

[SeattleVet]

6. Dollar Store Fidel?

[Walleye]

2. Woke, woke, woke. Aaagh!Who uses that word nobody I know

Also they are the ones saying the border is open, if kids are coming because of that, it’s their fault

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

4. In 2022 the choice is clear: democracy or the GOP.

It really is that simple.