CEA Chair Defends MLB’s Decision To Relocate Game Over Opposition To GA Law | Talking Points Memo

Council of Economic Advisers chair Dr. Cecilia Rouse on Sunday defended the Major League Baseball’s decision to relocate its All-Star Game out of Atlanta in response to Georgia’s new restrictive voting law.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1368120

To CEA chair Dr. Rouse, I say Amen! And yet those Georgia GOP types that passed these un-Christian laws – they call themselves Christians. They lie.

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The right to vote, and the right to have your vote counted, and the right to vote out the current government (rather than have the current government decide which votes it likes) shouldn’t be a “political” thing. But in this country, it has clearly become so.

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We seem to be allowing the debate to shift to the pros or cons of the MLB relocating the game and draft and the reason they are doing it is fading into the background. Good move, bad move, the intent and message is still correct.

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Yes. Every time we are asked about MLB’s boycott, instead of answering directly, our side should read off a provision of the bill detailing its racist origins and intent. Thus highlighting the fact we have no choice but to respond and to stand up for our democracy.

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Notice the way Republicans are being let off the hook. The Reporter tries to make the MBL move an attack on Atlanta workers.

I like the way Rouse responded, yes there is an economic cost when Republicans take steps to suppress the vote. That is the point. If Republicans don’t like those economic costs they shouldn’t attack voting access. .

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Governing and serving are not the GOP’s interest.

Messaging and amassing power are

I am keen on the upcoming legislation Joe is trying to get through the Senate…and the messaging for the Democrats on this is going to result in getting something accomplished that will overcome the obvious shortfall to Georgians affected commercially by the MLB decision.

I wish that more people had seen The Last Word broadcast last Friday with Ali Velshi in for O’Donnell. In one of the segments a guest went over the tremendous potential this legislation has to transform our country.

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If the GQP boycotts watching MLB, doesn’t that kill Fox?

I actually used to watch but the Fox commentators were so bad that finally I turned off the sound and just watched to scoreboard for information.

In the end I just gave up. If millions more do the same out of loyalty to voter suppression, what becomes of Fox’s ad revenue?

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These “gotcha” segments–looking for “inconsistencies” by people on the air fighting for our right to vote–are, essentially, normalizing Jim Crow.

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Altho I think I was the first person anywhere to say what Abrams eventually said, namely that targeting blue Atlanta with boycotts is not the way forward, I agree with you here. Once the decision’s been made, keep the focus on the law. They can do more (redirect political donations, e.g.), yes. But post facto suggesting they do less is counterproductive

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MLB will be moving its All-Star Game and Draft somewhere.

Atlanta and Georgia will lose, but others will gain. It’s not a cancellation.

It’s zero sum. Just like the Republicans think everything is.

Until they are holding the short straw.

Then it’s all so unfair!

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Others have observed on other threads that a big chunk of Fox’s money comes from subscription fees rather than from ad revenue.

And in many places Fox is bundled into the basic package that is the default for any cable subscriber. So even if you think Fox News is essentially the Satan Daily Crier, you’re still paying for it if you have basic cable in a place that includes Fox as part of that package.

If you are in that situation, pester your cable provider to unbundle Fox and make people have to opt in, rather than (maybe) opting out.

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Cancel culture?

Nope.

Consequence culture.

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“Actions have consequences” used to be something you could get people who consider themselves conservatives to buy into, back in the day.

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Atlantans should have spoken up before the goddamn bill passed … we’re looking at you, business owners who will lose money. Where were you?

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Dr. Cadet Cockholster mit der Bone Spurs von Queens can always switch to Diet Moxie.

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I really wish the PGA would do the right thing and cancel the Masters next week but they won’t. They are very deafeningly silent.

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Or diet bleach… even more effective at preventing covid than vaccines. One big gulp is all you need.

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Georgia had no voting problem in the last election. So what are Republicans really trying to fix?

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