North Georgia Congressman Andrew Clyde and State Senator Butch Miller both responded to the news that the MLB is moving this season's All-Star game, which was scheduled for Truist Park in July, out of Georgia.
According to the AJC, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred made the decision eight days after Gov. Brian Kemp signed the state's controversial new voting law.
Clyde released a statement Friday expressing his "disappointment in MLB's anti-election integrity stance."
"Obviously, Major League Baseball is against election integrity," Clyde said in the statement. "Commissioner Robert Manfred made this clear with his recent decision to relocate the 2021 All-Star Game and draft out of Georgia because of our state’s new election integrity law."
He continued to say that S.B. 202 does not disenfranchise voters, which Manfred would know if "he bothered to do even a basic amount of research."
Clyde represents Georgia's 9th congressional district.
Miller also released a statement saying the decision will hurt Georgia workers, businesses and fans. He said U.S. Senators and President Biden continue to spread misinformation about the voting law.
"The truth, however, is simple," Miller said. "Georgia offers far more opportunities to vote than most states in our country, including the President’s own home state, Delaware, and those opportunities were expanded by SB 202.”
Miller represents the 49th Senate District, which includes portions of Hall County.
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