Ilhan Omar at odds with Stacey Abrams over Georgia All-Star Game boycott
by Martin Pengelly in New York from US news | The Guardian on (#5G5NH)
Omar backs MLB's move to relocate game while Abrams says she fears families will be hurt by lost events and jobs'
The Minnesota representative Ilhan Omar has backed Major League Baseball's decision to move its All-Star Game from Georgia over a restrictive new voting law. But in doing so she placed herself at odds with another leading progressive, the voting rights campaigner Stacey Abrams.
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