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Skullduggery
Michael Isikoff, Daniel Klaidman, Victoria Bassetti
4.0 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 7 April 2021
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
In the wake of Georgia's controversial and restrictive new voting laws, Major League Baseball decided to move their All-Star Game out of Atlanta. They weren’t alone in their reaction. Yahoo News’s Jon Ward joins Michael Isikoff, Daniel Klaidman and Victoria Bassetti to talk about the implications of the corporate backlash in Georgia. Then, they are joined by Florida State Attorney Dave Aronberg of Palm Beach County, who lends his insight on a number of Florida stories in the news: the recent allegations that Gov. Ron DeSantis mishandled his state’s vaccine rollout through preferential treatment, the ongoing unravelling of Matt Gaetz, and the possibilities for the future indictment of one auspicious Palm Beach resident.
GUESTS:
- Jon Ward (@jonward11), Chief National Correspondent, Yahoo News
- Dave Aronberg (@aronberg), State Attorney, Palm Beach County, Florida
HOSTS:
- Michael Isikoff (@Isikoff), Chief Investigative Correspondent, Yahoo News
- Daniel Klaidman (@dklaidman), Editor in Chief, Yahoo News
- Victoria Bassetti (@VBass), fellow, Brennan Center for Justice
RESOURCES:
- “All-Star Game: Gov. Kemp defends election laws after MLB moves game,” Fox 5 Atlanta (Apr. 4, 2021)
- “As in Georgia, Texas Democrats look to mobilize business against voting restrictions” by Jon Ward, Yahoo News (Apr. 6, 2021)
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| 0:00.0 | Yesterday Major League Baseball came to fear and lies from liberal activists. |
| 0:06.0 | They ignored the facts of our new election integrity law, |
| 0:10.0 | and they ignored the consequences of their decision on our local community. |
| 0:15.0 | In the middle of a pandemic, Major League Baseball put the wishes of Stacey Abrams and Joe Biden |
| 0:22.0 | ahead of the economic well-being of hard work in Georgians who were counting on the All-Star game for a paycheck. |
| 0:30.0 | That was Georgia's Republican governor, Brian Kemp, responding to the extraordinary decision by Major League Baseball |
| 0:36.0 | to pull this year's All-Star game out of Atlanta in response to the state's controversial new voting law. |
| 0:43.0 | The move by Baseball to effectively boycott the Peach State comes as major corporations, |
| 0:48.0 | Delta Airlines, Coca-Cola, Dell, and others have publicly condemned the Georgia law for restricting ballot access, |
| 0:55.0 | ensnaring the companies in the kind of political controversy that they usually try to ignore. |
| 1:01.0 | For progressives, it's a sign that companies and sports leagues are now willing to speak out |
| 1:06.0 | and use their muscle to stand up when fundamental rights, such as voting, are threatened. |
| 1:12.0 | But for Republicans like Kemp, it's the latest evidence of cancel culture and wokeness run amok. |
| 1:18.0 | We'll discuss the corporate and MLB campaign against the Georgia voting law |
| 1:22.0 | and what this could mean for the Republican Party's future with our Yahoo News colleague John Ward. |
| 1:27.0 | And then we'll talk to Palm Beach County's outspoken state attorney, Dave Aronberg, |
| 1:32.0 | about the vaccine rollout in Florida, the legal troubles of Congressman Matt Gates |
| 1:37.0 | and much else on this episode of Skull Daggering. |
| 1:42.0 | Hi, I'm Luke Solomon, swear. |
| 1:46.0 | And I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States. |
| 1:50.0 | And we'll do the best of my building. |
| 1:52.0 | Reserve, protect, and defend Constitution of the United States. |
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