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MLB Donated to Minnesota Congressman With History of Racist, Misogynistic Comments

Three days after Major League Baseball requested a refund on its campaign contributions to Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, the league is under fire again for another political donation.

MLB donated $1,000 to Minnesota Rep. Jason Lewis last year, a Republican congressman with a history of racist and misogynistic remarks, according to The Washington Post. Lewis called women voters who care about abortion or same-sex marriage "ignorant" and "non-thinking" during his radio show in 2012, and "equated slavery with taxation of rich people" in 2008, according to The Atlantic.