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Rubio asks MLB commissioner if he will give up Augusta golf membership

By Mike Brest
Published April 5, 2021 4:10pm ET
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Rubio asks MLB commissioner if he will give up Augusta golf membership
FILE - In this March 6, 2014, file photo, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks at the Conservative Political Action Committee annual conference in National Harbor, Md. Pitching himself as an ally to Silicon Valley, Rubio proposed in an appearance on Monday, March 10, 2014, giving cellphone companies more access to government-controlled airwaves as part of a package of pro-business initiatives he said would create "thousands upon thousands of high-paying jobs." (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File) | Cliff Owen

Sen. Marco Rubio asked Major League Commissioner Rob Manfred if he intends to give up his membership to Georgia’s Augusta National Golf Club, given that he pulled the league’s All-Star game out of the Peach State over the recently passed election reform bill.

Rubio, in a letter dated Monday, asked the league commissioner a litany of questions about where he and the league stand on a number of issues, days after the league pulled the game. The senator rhetorically asked if the league will end its “lucrative financial relationship” with the Chinese government given the treatment of Uyghur Muslims, or the league’s engagement with Cuba.

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