Georgia Democrats Warnock, Abrams Refuse to Oppose Atlanta Braves Name Change
ASHLEY OLIVER | 27 Sep 2022Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and Democrat gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams are avoiding taking a stance on changing the name of the Atlanta Braves after the White House said Monday it supports having a “conversation” about it.
A Warnock aide told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that Warnock “knows the Braves organization is in touch with the Native American community and he trusts them to work together on this matter,” while Abrams dodged addressing the issue entirely and instead “said through a spokesman she is rooting for the team to repeat its championship run,” according to the outlet.
Warnock and Abrams, who are both in tight midterms races in battleground Georgia, were pressed on the topic after White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked by a reporter about the “controversial” Atlanta Braves’ name and its popular “tomahawk chop” on Monday. . . .
. . . In response to the Atlanta Braves name change discussion, the campaign for Republican Herschel Walker, who is vying to unseat Warnock, blasted changing the name as “ridiculous” and recalled Warnock’s complacency with Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game decision.
Walker spokesman Will Kiley said:
Suggesting the Braves change their name is just as ridiculous as a sitting U.S. Senator not standing up for his state’s businesses and economy in the face of a woke mob. Raphael Warnock failed the people of Georgia last year by not fighting to keep the All-Star Game in Atlanta, and it looks like he is going to sit by and let yet another made-up controversy distract from the real problems of inflation, grocery prices, rising crime, and an open border. Just another day in the life of Georgia’s Do Nothing Senator.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/09/27/georgia-democrats-warnock-abrams-refuse-to-oppose-atlanta-braves-name-change/
