Congressman Drafting Bill to Yank MLB’s Antitrust Exemption Over Political All-Star Game Move

Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.) speaks to the media at the US Capitol in Washington on June 14, 2017. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)Several people including a top Republican congressman were wounded in a Washington suburb early Wednesday morning when a gunman opened fire as they practiced for an annual baseball game between lawmakers. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images

Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.) on April 2 instructed his staff to draft a bill that would remove the federal anti-trust exemption granted to Major League Baseball (MLB) after the professional baseball monopoly moved the All-Star game from Georgia as a political statement against election reforms enacted by the state’s Republican legislature and governor.

“In light of MLB’s stance to undermine election integrity laws, I have instructed my staff to begin drafting legislation to remove Major League Baseball’s federal antitrust exception,” Duncan wrote on Twitter.