Raynal Aaron, the grandson of the late Hank Aaron, had some choice of words for conservative politician Kelly Loeffler, who name-dropped the baseball legend while expressing her disappointment about the MLB's decision to move the All-Star game from Georgia.
"The MLB had the chance to honor an iconic trailblazer and Braves legend Hank Aaron," Loeffler tweeted on Friday. "Instead, they bowed to the woke disinformation campaign of the Left—to the detriment of hardworking Georgians and small businesses."
The @MLB had the chance to honor an iconic trailblazer and @Braves legend Hank Aaron.
Instead, the bowed to the woke disinformation campaign of the Left—to the detriment of hardworking Georgians and small businesses.
Full statement below ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/VBjzWEYkKZ
— Kelly Loeffler (@KLoeffler) April 2, 2021
That's when Aaron jumped in to silence the Georgia Republican.
"Please keep my grandfather’s name out of your mouth," he wrote.
Please keep my grandfather’s name out of your mouth https://t.co/VfSaFDWt3L
— Raynal Aaron (@Swats_44) April 2, 2021
The Atlanta native received plenty of support from his followers when he responded to Loeffler, who is noted as a staunch opponent of the Black Lives Matter movement and a devoted supporter of former president Donald Trump.
Your Grandpa would be proud of MLB’s decision and disgusted with the GA legislature, of this you can be sure. ⚾️❤️????????
— Eileen Murphy (@maphead126) April 3, 2021
Some took the opportunity to honor the baseball icon, who is also remembered as a champion of human rights.
Your grandfather was an amazing man & I remember him getting his start with the Milwaukee Braves & playing at the old County Stadium there. He is as much a part of Milwaukee as Atlanta & I wish the All Star game would be moved there to honor this legend.
— Marnie Jackson ????️ ????️ ???????????????????? (@northwoods2017) April 3, 2021
Meanwhile, people also noted the contrasting image of Loeffler.
If @KLoeffler's not looting Wall Street and profiting off of people dying from Covid, or posing for pictures with white supremacists, she's looting the heritage and culture of a real American legend to step up on to defend her support of laws that suppress black voters.
— RoyceHoyce (@RoyceHoyce) April 3, 2021
As Blavity previously reported, Loeffler lost in the Georgia Senate runoffs against Democrat Raphael Warnock earlier this year. The conservative, who previously owned the WNBA's Atlanta Dream, received backlash from many of the players when she stated her disappointment in the league's decision to support racial equality.
Several Dream players responded by wearing “Vote Warnock” t-shirts to their games.
“We wanted to make sure we could still keep the focus on our social justice movement, and, funny enough, Rev. Warnock is somebody who supports everything that we support and just happens to be running in that seat,” Atlanta Dream forward Elizabeth Williams said. “So it just worked out really well.”