Former President Trump called Friday night for a boycott of Major League Baseball, Coke and Delta Airlines — and all other companies that have pulled out of Georgia or otherwise protested the state’s controversial new voting reform bill. “Boycott baseball and all of the woke companies that are interfering with Free and Fair Elections. Are you listening Coke, Delta, and all!”On Wednesday, Atlanta-based Coca Cola’s CEO appeared on CNBC’s “Power Lunch” to oppose the bill’s voting restrictions, after a growing chorus of critics called for a Coke boycott over the company’s silence following the March 25 passage of the bill. MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said Friday that the MLB All-Star game will not take place in Atlanta. MLB Photos via Getty ImagesThe new GOP-led law includes new restrictions, including ID requirements, on voting by mail and limits the number of drop boxes for mail-in ballots.

Source: The Star April 03, 2021 04:52 UTC