EM – Trump to attend World Series with GA Senate prospect Herschel Walker

Posted: 20:53 GMT, October 28, 2021 | Update: 22:23 GMT, October 28, 2021

Donald Trump will be in Georgia this Saturday for Game 4 of the World Series Championship between the Atlanta Braves and the Houston Astros.

An adviser confirmed to DailyMail.com that Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker will join him. This will be the first time the two have been seen together in public since Walker’s main GOP candidacy was backed by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

Less than six months ago, he called for a “baseball boycott” against Major League Baseball’s response to Georgia’s new electoral security law.

He and Walker have had a close friendship for decades since Walker played on Trump’s now-defunct football team.

The idea for Trump to go to the game first came from New York Yankees President Randy Levine, a longtime friend of his, a familiar source told DailyMail.com.

“President Trump first learned of the invitation from his friend Randy Levine, and as a longtime baseball fan he is honored to attend the World Series on Saturday night,” the source said.

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New Jersey Generals owner Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with Herschel Walker in New York after Walker agreed to a 4-year contract with the defunct sports league USFL football team in 1984

Atlanta Braves CEO Terry McGuirk told USA Today he was caught off guard by Trump wanting to attend.

“We are open to all who come. It’s great that he wants to come to our game, ”he said.

A photo taken during Game 2 on Wednesday night and shared on social media shows fans rolling out a ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ sign, a popular anti-Biden meme that originated from a NASCAR race where a reporter mistakenly thought the crowd was chanting the sentence innocent but had really mocked, ‘F *** Joe Biden.’

In April, Trump urged supporters to boycott America’s favorite pastime after MLB announced it would move its 2021 All-Star Game and the MLB Project out of Atlanta due to a law election recently signed by Governor Brian Kemp.

“Baseball is already losing a huge number of fans, and now they’re leaving Atlanta with their All-Star game because they’re afraid of the radical left Democrats who don’t want voter identification, which is desperately needed, to have anything. whether it’s to do with our election, ‘Trump said.

“Boycott baseball and all the awakening businesses that interfere with free and fair elections. You listen to Coke, Delta, and all! ‘

The game takes place this Saturday at Truist Park in Atlanta, Ga. (Pictured in an Oct. 12 game against the Milwaukee Brewers)

The new law which, among other things, imposed new identification requirements on absentee ballot by mail and prohibited the distribution of food and water to voters in line.

“Over the past week, we have engaged in thoughtful conversations with clubs, former and current players, the Players Association and The Players Alliance, among others, to hear their views,” read a statement from the MLB commissioner.

“I decided the best way to demonstrate our values ​​as a sport was to move the All-Star Game and this year’s MLB Draft.”

Democrats and Republicans criticized the move as unfairly punishing Georgian businesses and damaging the state’s economy. The Atlanta Braves team said they were “disappointed” by the decision.

Trump also attended Game 5 of the 2019 World Series, between the Washington, DC Nationals and the Houston Astros. The COVID-19 pandemic forced the 2020 game to go without an audience.

The ex-president is probably hoping for a better reception – the crowds at Nationals Park in the Democratic-majority city of Washington, DC booed him when he appeared with several other lawmakers.

Chants of “Lock him up” echoed around the stadium as Trump was shown on the scoreboard, echoing the 2016 calls for “Lock him up” in reference to former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

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