{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://buddycarter.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=10419", "Carter calls on MLB to \u2018redress harm\u2019 caused by pulling All-Star game from Atlanta", "2022-07-18", "2022", "2022-07", "Republican", "House", "GA", "Earl L. \"Buddy\" Carter", "C001103", "buddycarter.house.gov", "buddycarter", "https://buddycarter.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Reps. Earl L. \u201cBuddy\u201d Carter (R-GA) and Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) sent a letter to Major League Baseball (MLB) Commissioner Robert Manfred today asking how the MLB plans to \u201credress the harm\u201d caused by its \u201cbaseless attacks\u201d on the Election Integrity Act.\n\nDespite an uptick in voter turnout since the Election Integrity Act was passed, the MLB has not retracted its accusations that Georgia was engaged in voter suppression, which led to it pulling the MLB All-Star Game from the State last year.\n\n\u201cCancel culture has hit America\u2019s favorite pastime in a devastating way. The MLB was quick to spread false information and punish Georgia\u2019s baseball community and small business owners but is silent now that those claims have been proven false,\u201d said Congressman Carter. \u201cMinority-owned businesses are bearing the brunt of the $100 million in losses caused by the MLB\u2019s brash decision, the same group it was supposedly supporting when it originally moved the game. This is liberal hypocrisy and must be corrected.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe live in a day and age when major league sports organizations are wading into political matters more often, which I personally disagree with, but it is their right. When they do decide to engage in political discourse, it\u2019s vitally important for organizations, like Major League Baseball, to look at the facts and not the woke mob\u2019s lies and falsehoods. Unfortunately, MLB didn\u2019t do that when it pulled the 2021 All-Star Game from Georgia; because, if they had, they would have realized the falsehoods being spread about Georgia\u2019s election law were nothing more than baseless talking points from Stacey Abrams and her allies, which have been debunked even by liberal newspapers. And now, we have had a real test of Georgia\u2019s election law, and the evidence is clear: Georgia\u2019s recent primary had record turnout, and MLB\u2019s claim that the law is discriminatory was proven totally false. MLB\u2019s shallow virtue signaling had real world consequences for the people of our state. Hardworking Georgians deserve an apology from MLB,\" said Congressman Loudermilk.\n\nRead the full letter here.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:49:02Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://buddycarter.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=10419"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.4919630959630013, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}