"I think today’s professional athletes are acting incredibly responsibly. I would strongly support them doing that," Biden told ESPN in an interview on the eve of baseball's opening day.
"The very people who are victimized the most are the people who are the leaders in these various sports. And it’s just not right," Biden added. "This is Jim Crow on steroids ... what they’re doing in Georgia."
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A number of figures within the MLB, including the head of the players association, have called for potentially relocating the All-Star Game in response to the Georgia voting law.
League Commissioner Rob Manfred told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he and union leader Tony Clark have discussed the idea, but would not elaborate on when the league would make a decision about the mid-July game.