Event Promotion Implies Dodgers And Angels Are Hosting A Fundraiser For January 6 Insurrection Organizer Who Courts Neo-Nazis (Both Teams Have Been Silent For 2 Days)

The Los Angeles @Angels and @Dodgers are hosting a spring training/campaign fundraising event in Tempe for white nationalist-affiliating, January 6-orchestrating representative Paul Gosar. Tickets go for $1500 and will “benefit Paul Gosar for Congress.” (h/t @z3dster) pic.twitter.com/8dHXWW6Ugv

— AZ Right Wing Watch (@az_rww) January 26, 2022

The flyer makes it look as though the Dodgers and Angels are hosting a fundraiser for a seditious neo-Nazi. However, it appears that Paul Gosar (six of his siblings called him a "traitor" and endorsed his opponent) has simply purchased a bunch of tickets that he hopes to give out to donors.

My question is: How quickly are the teams speaking out against their logos being used to promote this  racist garbage and forcing Gosar to remove the logos from his announcement?

Answer? Not fast enough.

As I publish this post, it has been close to 48 hours since AZ Right Wing Watch first tweeted the news. Numerous fans sent the tweet to both teams, but neither team has made a public announcement.

Sam Blum, The Athletic (Jan. 26 8:22 PM tweet):

This advertisement for an event w/ Rep. Paul Gosar (extremely controversial/conspiratorial politician) is posted on WinRed. It's a real ad.
IMPORTANTLY: The Angels tell me they have "no affiliation with this event & are working to have our marks removed from the advertisement."

There is also some confusion over the announced date of the event, since the teams do not play each other on February 27.

I didn't think to look this up because why would that be wrong? But the Angels and Dodgers aren't even playing each other on 2/27https://t.co/WavHo5zOAX

Unless his copy confused the Padres for the Angels or 3/27 for 2/27

They Dodgers are playing the Angels on March 20,27,28,29 https://t.co/PocJQKGyWB pic.twitter.com/MJh8LHKMhM

— z3dster (@z3dster) January 26, 2022

The slow pace at which MLB and the Players Union are working to end MLB's lockout likely means that nothing will be happening on either February 27 or March 27. The Dodgers and Angels should still made a very public announcement against Gosar using their trademarked logos to make his event look more legitimate.