BEDMINSTER, NJ – New Jersey Democrats are pushing a bill to ban the Muslim based nation of Saudi Arabia from hosting an annual golf tournament in the Garden State in an effort to punish the U.S. Ally and former President Donald J. Trump.
This year, Trump hosted the LIV Golf Invitational Tournament in New Jersey, which brought golfers from around the world to the Garden State for an international event.
IV Golf is a professional golf tour financed by the Public Investment Fund, the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia.
New Jersey Democrat Senators Andrew Zwicker and Dick Codey have introduced a bill to keep the foreign sponsored sporting events out of New Jersey.
“It is tailored to go specifically after one particular golf tournament that is sponsored by one particular country with an abhorrent human rights record,” Zwicker said during a hearing.
Zwicker was not concerned about banning events and products from other countries with abhorrent human rights records.
LIV golf has been viewed by opponents as a threat to the existing PGA Tour professional golf organization.