USA Today reportedly edited Stacey Abrams op-ed to downplay call for boycotts ahead of MLB decision
April 27, 2021 | Jon Dougherty USA Today may have permitted post-publication editing of an opinion piece written by former Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams in an effort to soften her prior backing for boycotts in the state after Major League Baseball officials pulled the All-Star Game from the Atlanta Braves.
The op-ed, which was published March 31, a few days before MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred announced he was moving the game to Denver in protest of a new voter integrity law, initially appeared to praise the response to what she described as “racist, classist” legislation.
“The impassioned response to the racist, classist bill that is now the law of Georgia is to boycott in order to achieve change,” Abrams noted originally. “Events hosted by major league baseball, world class soccer, college sports and dozens of Hollywood films hang in the balance. At the same time, activists urge Georgians to swear off of hometown products to express our outrage.
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