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Florida's new state budget will not include $35 million for a Pasco County baseball practice facility slated to be used by the Tampa Bay Rays, in what many are calling the latest move by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) to punish organizations that push progressive causes.
The maverick Republican governor vetoed funds for the spring training facility on Thursday — among a slew of other items — after the Major League Baseball organization went on lengthy social media tirade about gun control last week.
DeSantis has not publicly offered his reasoning for vetoing the facility and, in fact, has a long history of opposing public funding for sports stadiums. But that hasn't stopped people from making assumptions.
Following the highly-publicized mass shootings in Buffalo, N.Y, and Uvalde, Texas, the Tampa Bay Rays issued a statement calling on Congress to pass stricter gun control legislation.
"This cannot become normal. We cannot become numb. We cannot look the other way. We all know, if nothing changes, nothing changes," the team said while announcing a $50,000 gift to Everytown for Gun Safety’s support fund.
\u201chttps://t.co/9DpyuwEzJo\u201d— Tampa Bay Rays (@Tampa Bay Rays) 1653603821
The team would go on to join the New York Yankees in replacing its usual social media game coverage with live-tweeted facts about the impacts of gun violence.
\u201cIn lieu of game coverage and in collaboration with @Yankees, we will use our channels to offer facts about the impacts of gun violence.\n\nThe devastating events that took place in Uvalde, Buffalo and countless other communities across our nation are tragedies that are intolerable.\u201d— Tampa Bay Rays (@Tampa Bay Rays) 1653604855
"Every day, more than 110 Americans are killed with guns, and more than 200 are shot and injured," the team tweeted, adding, "Firearms were the leading cause of death for American children and teens in 2020," among other statements.
On Thursday, DeSantis, a staunch supporter of the Second Amendment, vetoed funding for the Odessa facility. According to The Hill, the complex was "widely expected to be signed into the state’s budget."
It wouldn't be the first time that DeSantis has defended his conservative agenda against woke organizations with radical political beliefs. The governor took on Disney earlier this year after the entertainment company publicly opposed popular legislation seeking to guard children from unnecessary discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in school.
DeSantis stripped Disney of its longstanding special district status in the state, which afforded the entertainment behemoth self-governing privileges and special tax status.
TheBlaze has reached out to the governor's office seeking clarification on whether or not the Rays anti-gun rant played a factor in his decision to veto the training facility.
For now, it appears a spokeswoman for DeSantis, Christina Pushaw, may have offered a clue by curiously retweeting Newsweek editor Josh Hammer's take on the news, according to Mediate.
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"I’m fighting for everyone who was fired unjustly for these draconian mandates”
Virginia Alleyne worked as a waitress at Yankee Stadium for 17 years until she was placed on unpaid leave due to her non-compliance with the New York City COVID-19 vaccination mandate — the same mandate NYC Mayor Eric Adams recently exempted athletes and performers from, leaving behind the rest of the city’s workers with his astounding hypocrisy on full display.
“Being healthy is not just about being physically healthy, but being economically healthy,” Adams said at Citi Field last month where he announced the signing of his exemption order.
This last move by the mayor to allow the wealthy and famous to earn a living while completely ignoring workers like herself was the final injustice for Alleyne, who took action by filing a lawsuit. “For him to allow millionaires to work and to punish the workers who are the lifeblood of this city is just horrendous,” Alleyne explained in the New York Post.
Glenn Beck invited Alleyne to “Glenn TV” to get the full scope of her story, including her lawsuit. She explained to Glenn that she refrained from getting vaccinated because of religious reasons and filed a religious exemption with her employers at Yankee Stadium. Her employers, however, refused to allow her to continue waitressing in the Legends Suite Club, where she held seniority.
“I’ve been working for the Yankees for 17 years, so it is atrocious,” Alleyne told Glenn. “I know Mayor Adams inherited the situation, but the first thing he should have done is repeal the mandates. Let’s get people back to work, let’s get the city back.”
Alleyne described New York City like “the wild wild West,” noting how excruciatingly dangerous the city has grown alongside the increase in the homeless population she fears she’s on the brink of joining herself. Keeping her spirit alive to fight the good fight are her faith and her 15-year-old autistic son.
Alleyne added that she’s doing this for the others like her who have been kicked to the curb by the city. “This is for the nurses, who are on the front line. The police, the firefighters, the stadium workers, the servers, the security guards. … I’m fighting for everyone who was fired unjustly for these draconian mandates.”
Watch Glenn Beck's full interview with Virginia Alleyne below to get the full story.
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