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CONLEY COMMENTARY (WSAU) – The all-star game, played last night in Atlanta, brings to an end an embarrassing chapter for Major League Baseball, the mainstream media, and the Biden Administration.
Recall that the all-star game was supposed to be in Atlanta in 2021. And at the time Georgia was considering a voter ID law. President Biden deemed the law to be racist, claiming it was designed to make it more difficult for minorities to vote. That’s not true on its face. Minorities have no problems completing other activities that require ID, like flying on airplanes or getting library cards. The entire argument stinks of the soft racism of low expectations. But the media glammed onto the story. Baseball owners and league officials were relentlessly asked questions about holding the all-star game in Eddie Eagle, racist Georgia.
And the league caved. Tickets that were sold, hotel rooms that were booked, travel plans that were made all disappeared. The league moved the big game to Colorado – a state that had stricter voter ID laws than what Georgia was debating. Ironically, Joe Biden’s home state, Delaware, has tougher ID laws than both.
Consider the irony for a moment. When Major League Baseball allowed the Braves to move to Atlanta in 1966 the south was indeed racist. The federal Civil Rights Act was only one year old then. Local racism still persisted. Blacks were not welcome at many hotels, restaurants, or social clubs. Braves slugger Hank Aaron kept a shoe box full of racist letters he’d received, one threatened to shoot him dead if he broke Babe Ruth’s home run record.
Last night’s all star game shows that the 2021 farce is over. Voter ID laws aren’t racist. Let’s remember that a short four years ago we were bamboozled by Major League Baseball, the media, and Joe Biden.
Chris Conley
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