{"id":119880,"date":"2021-04-06T19:59:40","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T19:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=119880"},"modified":"2021-04-06T19:59:40","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T19:59:40","slug":"mcconnell-rips-mlb-delta-coke-for-irritating-a-hell-of-a-lot-of-republican-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/politics\/mcconnell-rips-mlb-delta-coke-for-irritating-a-hell-of-a-lot-of-republican-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"McConnell rips MLB, Delta, Coke for \u2018irritating a hell of a lot of Republican fans\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
Manuel’s Tavern owner Brian Maloof on the impact of the MLB moving the All-Star Game from Atlanta to Denver in response to new Georgia voting laws.<\/p>\n
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell offered his harshest criticism yet of the companies pushing back on the new Georgia voting law, warning that Major League Baseball's actions specifically are "irritating a hell of a lot of Republican fans."<\/p>\n
McConnell, R-Ky., stopped short of calling for a boycott of those companies in his Tuesday comments. But he said they should avoid taking public stances on divisive social issues and alleged hypocrisy on the part of the MLB.<\/p>\n
"Republicans drink Coca-Cola too. And we fly. And we like baseball. This is a pretty competitive political environment in America," he said. "If I were running a major corporation, I'd stay out of politics."<\/p>\n
"What I think it's doing is irritating a hell of a lot of Republican fans," he added.<\/p>\n