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.
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.
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.
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.
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. .
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.
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
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.