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At 12:28 am the morning after Georgia’s Senate runoff elections, LeBron James tweeted, ‘Think I’m gone put together an ownership group for the The Dream. Whose in? #BlackVotesMatter.’
The WNBA’s Atlanta Dream is currently co-owned by Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA), who just lost her seat to Democrat Rev. Raphael Warnock.
Dream players publicly campaigned against Loeffler after she criticized the WNBA’s support of Black Lives Matter amid protests following George Floyd’s death.
In a July interview with ESPN, Loeffler said, ‘The statement 'Black lives matter' is very different than the organization Black Lives Matter...
... I think we all agree the life of every African American is important.’ WNBA players showed up to their games in ‘Vote Warnock’ shirts during their summer season.
Loeffler has yet to sell her share of the Dream and is under no obligation to do so.

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