Senate Republicans have taken out a series of advertisements, slated to be broadcast during two Major League Baseball games, criticizing Raphael Warnock over refusing to condemn the leagueтАЩs decision to move its All-Star Game from Atlanta to Denver.
тАЬBaseballтАЩs midsummer classic: The All Star game. The $100 million boost to GeorgiaтАЩs economy, until the radical left woke crowd took it all away, forcing the MLB to boycott Georgia. Even Stacey Abrams opposed the boycott, but Senator Warnock refused to oppose it,тАЭ the advertisement said.
Earlier this year, MLB moved its All Star from Atlanta to Denver as part of a protest against the Georgia state governmentтАЩs decision to pass a voting bill that its critics argue would restrict minorities from accessing the ballot.
At the time, Senator Warnock said he respected the MLBтАЩs decision despite the economic consequences it would have for Georgia.
That statement has been targeted by Republicans, who are looking to unseat Senator Warnock during next yearтАЩs midterm elections.
Mr Warnock narrowly won election in 2020, but is up for re-election in 2022.
The party that does not hold the White House tends to do badly during the midterm elections putting Warnock, who is a Democrat, at risk of losing his seat.
