Georgia’s Republican senators, Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue, issued a joint statement Monday saying they were “adamantly opposed” to changing the name of the Atlanta Braves baseball team, which has been described as racist by Native Americans and allies.
The statement was issued a day after Loeffler became embroiled in controversy for posing with a former leader of the Ku Klux Klan in a photograph.
Loeffler and Perdue said the name of the baseball franchise “honors our nation’s Native American heritage”:
Statement from @Perduesenate and me on our steadfast opposition to renaming the Atlanta @Braves.