But one particular question that Warnock had to know was coming shows how the left’s preferred coalition has utterly broken down. Speaking while the Atlanta Braves were fighting to make it back to the World Series (they ultimately lost to the Phillies), Warnock was asked about the political incorrectness of the franchise’s name, its trademark cheer, and tomahawk chop. To say his answer came across poorly is putting it lightly:

Warnock’s refusal to take a position in favor of his own state’s baseball team isn’t just about political correctness and appealing to the woke left. He’s been put in a dicey position thanks to Stacey Abrams and his fellow Georgia Democrats who pushed for a boycott in the wake of the state’s new voting laws. This led to Atlanta losing the MLB All Star Game to Denver — something Atlanta-area businesses still complain about, and justifiably so. It effectively shivved Atlanta’s majority-minority community for lily-white Denver over complaints from woke non-baseball fans.

The whole MLB controversy has become even more ridiculous thanks to the fact that these same voting laws, decried by Joe Biden as making “Jim Crow look like Jim Eagle,” have led to a surge in voting. But rather than just come out and say that, Warnock has to be woke and partisan instead of just supporting the most popular pro-team in his state.