Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp Denounces MLB’s Relocation as ‘Cancel Culture’

ATLANTA—Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Saturday denounced Major League Baseball’s (MLB) decision to move its All-Star Game out of Atlanta, saying it’s a product of “cancel culture.”

“Yesterday, Major League Baseball caved to fear and lies from liberal activists,” Kemp said during a press conference. “They ignored the facts of our new Election Integrity Law and they ignored the consequences of their decision on our local community. In the middle of a pandemic, Major League Baseball put the wishes of Stacey Abrams and Joe Biden ahead of the economic wellbeing of hard-working Georgians who were counting on the All-Star Game for a paycheck.”

MLB announced the relocation of the All-Star Game and draft on Friday saying the league doesn’t agree with the new election law in Georgia which requires a photo or state-approved identification to vote absentee by mail.

The league didn’t specify where it planned to relocate.

Kemp warned Americans that cancel culture is spreading unchecked.

“Georgians and all Americans should know what this decision means. It means cancel culture and partisan activists are coming for your business. They’re coming for your game or event in your hometown,” he said.

Kemp stood by the election integrity law, saying that a fair election is worth the threats and lawsuits and that he will not back down.

“Free and fair elections are the foundation of who we are as a state and a nation. Secure, accessible, fair elections are worth the threats,” he said. “I will not be backing down from this fight and neither are the people who are here with me today.”

Kemp praised the new election law for expanding “access to voting” for the Georgia voters.

Dozens of Republicans gathered at the State Capitol to support Kemp, including Georgia General Attorney Chris Carr, congress members, and State officials.

Carr echoed Kemp on the importance of the new election law.

“Anybody who actually reads this bill quickly sees that it strengthens security, expands access, and improves transparency in Georgia’s elections,” he said.

Georgia Republican Party Chairman Dave Shafer, State Sen. Marty Harbin, and Former Chairman of Cobb County Jason Shepherd also expressed support for the election law.

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US Shuts Once-Secret Guantanamo Prison Unit, Moves Prisoners

WASHINGTON—A once-secret unit within the Guantanamo Bay detention center that had fallen into disrepair has been closed and the prisoners moved to another facility on the American base in Cuba, the U.S. military said Sunday.

The prisoners at Camp 7 were transferred to a facility adjacent to where the other detainees on the base are held as part of what U.S. Southern Command said in a statement was an effort to “increase operational efficiency and effectiveness.”

Miami-based Southern Command, which oversees the detention center at the southeastern edge of Cuba, did not say how many prisoners were moved. Officials have previously said about 14 men were held in Camp 7. There are 40 prisoners at Guantanamo.

Southern Command said the Camp 7 prisoners were moved to Camp 5 “safely and without incident,” but did not say when the transfer occurred. Camp 5, which was largely empty, is next to Camp 6, where the other detainees are held.

Camp 7 opened in December 2006 for prisoners previously held in a network of clandestine CIA detention facilities, often referred to as “black sites,” where they were subjected to brutal interrogation techniques. The military ran it under an agreement with the CIA, and Southern Command said intelligence agencies were involved with the transfer.

The military long refused to even acknowledge the location of Camp 7 on the base and has never allowed journalists to see the inside of the facility. Officials had said that unit, which was never designed to be permanent, had structural issues and needed to be replaced, but the Pentagon dropped plans to seek money for the construction.

Among those held at Camp 7 were the five prisoners charged with war crimes for their alleged roles planning and providing logistical support for the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

President Joe Biden has said he intends to close Guantanamo, but that would require approval from Congress to move some prisoners to the United States for trial or imprisonment.

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