Sporting News · Apr 14, 2016
U.S. senators urge NBA to pull All-Star Game from N.C.
Charlotte, N.C., hosts the All-Star Game in 2017. (NBA) Six U.S. senators penned a letter to NBA commissioner Adam Silver imploring he move the 2017 All-Star Game out of Charlotte, N.C., The Charlotte Observer reported.
Democratic Sens. Jeff Merkley of Oregon, Patrick Leahy of Vermont, Cory Booker of New Jersey, Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin and Patty Murray of Washington state, along with Republican Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois said they "hold no ill will toward the people of Charlotte" but cannot "stand idly by as North Carolina moves to legalize and institutionalize discrimination."
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