A Conservative group will air ads in defense of the Georgia electoral law in the state during the Major League Baseball All-Star game Tuesday night.
The All-Star Game was moved to Georgia Gov from Atlanta. Brian KempBrian KempConservative Group Defends Georgia Electoral Law in All-Star Game Advertising Gubernatorial Races See A Flurry of Pro-Trump Candidate Stacey Abrams PAC Top 0M MORE (R) signed the new voting rights law amid complaints from gamers as well as Democrats and activist groups.
In a statement, Heritage Action said the law had been wrongly attacked and MLB should not have postponed the game in protest.
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“Georgians deserve to know exactly why Major League Baseball gave up the All-Star Game and left Peach State,” said Jessica Anderson, executive director of Heritage Action. “As our ad shows, Georgia’s new electoral law ensures that it’s easy to vote and hard to cheat, but politicians like Joe BidenJoe BidenDemocrats Reach Agreement on 0.5T Price for Infrastructure Bill Texas Family Arrested for Role in Capitol Rebellion Key Senate Democrats undecided about Biden’s ATF nominee MORE and Stacey Abrams mistakenly smeared the bill as ‘Jim Crow’. “
Heritage said it paid $ 168,000 to play the ad in Georgia, a swing state in the presidential race that also ruled the Senate majority earlier this year.
Critics of the Georgia law, according to previous President Trump
Donald TrumpTexas family arrested for role in Capitol riot poll: McAuliffe has two points ahead of Youngkin in Virginia governor’s race for money: Rise in inflation puts Biden on the defensive | Senate Democrats hit spending ceilings | Larry Summers snuggles up with the WH team MORE made unsubstantiated claims that fraud cost him the votes of the state’s Electoral College, saying it will squeeze turnout, especially black voters, by making it harder to vote.
Defenders of the law say it will reduce fraudulent voting.
