WASHINGTON — Today, Heritage Action Executive Director Jessica Anderson called on Stacey Abrams and her Fair Fight PAC to compensate Georgians for the estimated $100 million in revenue losses from the relocation of the MLB All-Star Game:
“Last week, it was reported that Stacey Abrams’ political action committee, Fair Fight, has earned over $100 million since her defeat in Georgia’s 2018 gubernatorial race, more than any other 2022 candidate. Coincidentally, Georgians lost $100 million when the MLB moved their All-Star Game from Georgia to Colorado after Abrams compared a new Georgia law to 'Jim Crow.' Stacey Abrams should send the $100 million her PAC has pocketed to the people of Georgia to make up for the damage she has caused.
Stacey Abrams was the single loudest voice in fabricating outrage over Georgia’s Election Integrity Act. She called the new law “Jim Crow” at least ten times after its passage, wrote that “boycotts work” in a national op-ed, and misled voters about the law’s provisions, according to the Washington Post. Her “voter suppression” myth was responsible for the MLB’s decision to move the All-Star Game and she should rectify the damage caused by her words.
Instead of spending more money on a misinformation campaign about voting provisions three-quarters of Georgians approve of, Abrams’ well-funded PAC could put that money to good use to restore the workers, small businesses, and families hurt by the destructive boycotts aimed at the people of Georgia.”
Background:
The Washington Post fact-checked Abrams’ claims and found “her language misleadingly implies” that voting hours were restricted or cut when the bill expands hours for most counties.
A Cobb County tourism official stated that the lost economic impact of the MLB game leaving the state would be “over $100 million.”
Stacey Abrams called Georgia’s election integrity law “Jim Crow” more than ten times and stated that “boycotts work.”
After the MLB moved the All-Star game, Abrams stealth-edited her USA Today op-ed to distance herself from boycotts in Georgia.
Abrams once voted for a bill to cut early voting days in half, and has stated that she supports voter ID — yet she opposes Georgia’s bill to require voter ID and expand early voting.
Heritage Action has published a Myth vs. Fact sheet on Georgia’s election integrity law.