Southern Democrats are asking President Biden to bring the 2024 Democratic National Convention to Atlanta after previously supporting a Major League Baseball (MLB) boycott of the city over Georgia’s electoral reforms.
The MLB famously relocated its 2021 All-Star Game from Atlanta to Denver over Republican-led voting reforms in Georgia that Democrats characterized as racist. The move was widely supported by Democrats, including President Biden, who repeatedly described the voting reforms in the state as “Jim Crow 2.0.”
But the Democrats’ narrative about the law hasn’t stood the test of time, as Georgia smashed voting turnout records in several elections last year.
Now, Southern Democrats are pleading with Biden and the DNC to come to Atlanta.
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“The Democratic Party should immediately select the city of Atlanta as the site of its 2024 presidential nominating convention,” read Monday’s letter to Biden, which is signed by Democrats in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.
“While some pundits might argue that there is no correlation between a convention site and partisan performance in the ensuing election, holding the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Atlanta will have effects that reverberate far beyond Georgia’s borders,” they argued. “Selecting Atlanta in the aftermath of the 2022 election cycle will send a message to the base of our party that we will never take you for granted; that we see you, we respect you, and we are counting on you to reelect Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.”
“Equally important as these tactical imperatives, selecting the city of Atlanta will offer our nation a vision of America at its best,” they continued. “Atlanta served as the cradle of America’s civil rights movement. It stands as a beacon of LGBTQUIA+ rights in the Deep…
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