A few months after calling for a baseball boycott as part of the MLB’s politically motivated move to pull the All-Star game out of Atlanta, former President Donald Trump struck out at the World Series Tomahawk with Braves fans on Saturday night .
Trump and Ms. Melania watched the fourth Atlanta-Houston game from a private set.
Political allies were expected to join the Republican Party, including former Georgia University Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker, who encouraged Trump to return to the state and run for the U.S. Senate in GOP order.
Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell supported Walker on Wednesday in an attempt to oust Democratic Senator Rafael Warnock.
Trump released a statement on the origins of his planned world series in a mass email to his supporters on Saturday:
“I’m looking forward to attending the World Series in Atlanta tonight. Thank you for the invitation to Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred and Randy Levine of the New York Yankees. Melania and I are looking forward to a wonderful evening with the two best teams!
MLB declined the invitation, saying in a statement: “He was asked to take part in the game.”
Earlier this week, Atlanta Braves CEO Terry McGuire told Trump I approached the group about tickets.
“He called MLB and wanted to come to the game,” said McGuirk. “We were very surprised. Of course we said yes.
Trump encouraged the boycott of MLP games after moving the Manfred Midsummer Classic from Atlanta to Denver.
After changing a Opposition to Georgia’s new electoral law, Critics say it places undue restrictions on minority voters.
The bill was passed after Trump lost the former Red State in 2020 and was falsely accused of electoral fraud.
President Joe Biden endorsed the game’s move, though some Braves fans and businesses near Troist Park complained that they were wrongly punished.
