I’m told that @staceyabrams spoke to an @MLB senior adviser and “strongly” urged the league to keep the All-Star game in Atlanta before the decision to yank the event. She also argued against a boycott before MLB’s move in a @USATODAY op-ed and @AJC interview last week. #gapol
Per second source w/ @MLB: @StaceyAbrams didn’t talk to Commissioner @RobManfred, but she did talk to a senior league official before the announcement was made. In that conversation, she reiterated her position opposing boycotts, as she had said publicly the day before. #gapol
Also per @MLB source: League officials spoke to a range of politicians with different viewpoints — and the commissioner’s decision wasn’t based on any conversation w/ any elected official. #gapol
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.@GovKemp’s press conference message on “cancel culture” — “They will stop at nothing to silence all of us.” #gapol
Kemp girds for a war with corporate America: “Secure, accessible elections are worth the threats. They are worth the boycotts as well as the lawsuits. I want to be clear - I will not be backing down from this fight. And neither are the people who are here with me today.”
Kemp on the possibility of a “snowball effect” of other business boycotts: “We are not wavering ... You can bow down to this cancel culture but I will give you a warning — if you do, it’s never enough. It will never be enough.” #gapol
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian just called the Georgia elections restrictions signed into law last week was “unacceptable” and “based on a lie” of widespread fraud in last November’s election. #gapolajc.com/news/business/…
The stance could deepen a rift w/ Georgia Republican leaders. Delta in 2018 ended a discount for the NRA, prompting GOP leaders to block a lucrative tax break for the airline. #gapolajc.com/news/business/…
Some Republicans are already talking about ways to punish Delta, since there are a number of tax measures still pending on the final day of the session. It's akin to "Delta shooting us in the face with a shotgun without telling us it was coming," says a senior GOPer. #gapol
A state Trooper said memories of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol were on his mind when he arrested a Democratic legislator after she knocked repeatedly on the door of Gov. Kemp’s office as he was touting the state's new elections law. #gapolajc.com/politics/polit…
“The events of January 6, 2021 at the U.S. Capitol were in the back of my mind,” the officer wrote in a report. “I didn’t want the protestors to attempt to gain entry into a secure part of the Capitol.” #gapolajc.com/politics/polit…
“I’ve tried a lot of cases. It’s not often that the witnesses and the cameras saw everything that transpired,” said @AttorneyGriggs. “Those alleged injuries — if there are any — are not consistent with the witnesses, the evidence or the video.” #gapolajc.com/politics/polit…
Dozens of demonstrators stand in silent vigil outside the Georgia Capitol in protest of the new elections restrictions law and in support of state Rep. Park Cannon, who was arrested at the statehouse after knocking on @GovKemp’s door during the signing ceremony. #gapol
Trailed by dozens of demonstrators, Cannon walks with MLK III in a somber march to the Capitol, with a brace on her left arm. #gapol
The Jolt: Even as @GovKemp was denying charges that the sweeping elections changes he signed didn’t suppress the vote, authorities outside his office were dragging away a Black legislator who knocked on his office door to watch his remarks. #gapolajc.com/politics/polit…
@GovKemp One veteran GOP activist worries that Republicans “seem to have done the impossible.” “Passage of a bill that does nothing substantive to address concerns of GOP voters while maximizing blowback from Democrats which will be amplified in the press." #gapolajc.com/politics/polit…
.@GOPChairwoman Ronna McDaniel: “Democrats are peddling a false narrative ... We look forward to defending this law in court.” #gapol