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Cruz, Hawley, Lee Team Up On Bill To Strip MLB Of Monopoly Protections Over Georgia Boycott

Tim Pearce
Cruz, Hawley, Lee Team Up On Bill To Strip MLB Of Monopoly Protections Over Georgia Boycott
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A group of GOP senators introduced a bill Tuesday to strip Major League Baseball (MLB) of antitrust exemptions over its boycott of Georgia.

Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas, Josh Hawley of Missouri, and Mike Lee of Utah announced the bill targeting the MLB in a press conference. The senators slammed “woke corporations” that have pressured Georgia to roll back election reforms signed into law in March. The MLB took an additional step of relocating its 2021 all-star game and rookie draft out of Atlanta to protest the reforms.

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