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There Were 17 Americans in Russian Prisons. Only 1 Mattered to the Left Unfortunately, they're all the wrong race, sexuality or gender
Front Page Magazine ^ | Dec 9, 2022 | Daniel Greenfield

Posted on 12/09/2022 3:57:06 PM PST by Milagros

Here’s another of the men whom Biden left behind to extract a black lesbian pothead who hates America because she embodies his rotten base.

 A teacher from Oakmont who’s been detained in Russia for more than a year remains in custody.

This summer, Butler native Marc Fogel was sentenced to 14 years in a maximum security prison after he was caught with 17 grams of medical marijuana for a spine condition.

The U.S. State Department had previously asked Russia to release American citizen Fogel on humanitarian grounds. Prior to that request, a group of nine bipartisan senators called on Secretary of State Antony Blinken to immediately designate Fogel as “wrongfully detained.”

Not a priority. If Marc wants to become one, he needs to claim that he changed gender, learn to play basketball and jeer the national anthem.

He’d still have to overcome the handicap of “being assigned white at birth”.

Fogel, 61, was arrested in August 2021 for possessing 17 grams of what he said was medical marijuana. The former history teacher, like Griner, was arrested in Moscow when the pot was found in his luggage.

Fogel was sentenced to 14 years in prison in June — just over a month before Griner was handed a nine-year sentence.

“Have there have been any similar efforts regarding [the release of] American Marc Fogel, who was also in Russia, also arrested on marijuana charges? How is his case different — or why [are] the actions for Marc Fogel different than these?” asked NPR journalist Franco Ordoñez.

“We take seriously our responsibility to assist US citizens abroad and are monitoring the situation. Any specifics on Marc Fogel or any others, I would refer you to the State Department for additional information on those specific cases,” Jean-Pierre said.

“Every case is different. Every case, there are different ways that I can talk about them. So I don’t want to get ahead of that. So I would refer you to the State Department.”

“But you do see a difference between Griner’s case and Fogel’s case?” Ordoñez pressed.

“No, that’s not what I’m saying. I’m saying that sometimes we’re not able to talk about that particular individual … There are reasons for that — for their own security, for their own privacy,” Jean-Pierre said.

Later, Daily Mail reporter Geoff Earle said “he’s doing a 14-year sentence for less than an ounce of pot. Would you say he’s been wrongfully detained?”

“I can’t speak to any individual’s specific case at this time. I would refer you to the State Department. Everyone has a different classification … But we want Americans to know that their safety and security is among our highest priorities,” Jean-Pierre said.

It is different. Marc isn’t a leftist celebrity who checks all the identity politics boxes.

Notice how little you’ve heard about him. Or about all the other Americans in Russian prisons. According to Russian authorities earlier this year, there were 17 Americans in Russian prisons.

Unfortunately, they’re all the wrong race, sexuality or gender. And they’re not celebrities.

This dirty deal is a reminder that the Biden administration is racist, and does everything for people who fit its identity politics criteria while doing nothing for those who don’t.


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 17americans; 202108; brittneygriner; dirtydeal; griner; hostages; kjp; marcfogel; marijuana; paulwhelan; racism; viktorbout; vogel; waronterror; whelan; woke; wokevssecurity; wokevsvalues
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1 posted on 12/09/2022 3:57:06 PM PST by Milagros
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KJP reasoned that Griner is an "inspiration," I thought it mattered that one is an American full stop.
2 posted on 12/09/2022 4:02:36 PM PST by Milagros (Y)
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To: Milagros

Not according to sweet potatoes.


3 posted on 12/09/2022 4:06:48 PM PST by sauropod (Fascists also buy Comcast cable packages" - Olby - Wanna buy mine?)
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To: Milagros

I don’t give a damn about Brittany Griner - she did the crime, and she could have rotted in a Russian prison for the entire sentence and I would not have cared. Was there a political element to her treatment and sentencing? Of course there was. But she put herself in that situation. Of her own doing. But Pedo Joe had to appease his pervert base and get her out. Eff him and eff her.


4 posted on 12/09/2022 4:07:35 PM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. )
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Sock Puppet’s press secretary CPD* is the worst spokeshole in modern American history.

*Cabbage Patch Doll


5 posted on 12/09/2022 4:10:04 PM PST by twister881
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To: Milagros
There Were 17 Americans in Russian Prisons. Only 1 Mattered to the Left Unfortunately, they're all the wrong race, sexuality or gender

If ordinary decent, productive, law-abiding citizens have the United States State Department and Diplomatic Corps acting for them, they don't need enemies, they're already screwed.

6 posted on 12/09/2022 4:10:46 PM PST by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: Milagros

Jo Jo Crappy Pants is a racist little biatch.


7 posted on 12/09/2022 4:13:54 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Hey Amerika! The whole world is watching and laughing their asses off. )
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To: twister881

Are you surprised?

Precisely what happens when a job is given to someone because of their skin color, and their stand/sit for peeing.

Same as Kamala. Just another stupid black woman getting a job she isn’t qualified for.
It almost seems to me, that Democrats want races hateful toward each other...


8 posted on 12/09/2022 4:14:53 PM PST by EEGator
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To: Milagros

Might be risky, but maybe they should say they are gay or trans and then Biden may try to get them home.


9 posted on 12/09/2022 4:16:05 PM PST by for-q-clinton (Cancel Culture IS fascism...Let's start calling it that!)
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10 posted on 12/09/2022 4:17:52 PM PST by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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To: Milagros

Of course the democrats pick the gay drug dealer


11 posted on 12/09/2022 4:19:21 PM PST by butlerweave
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Putin set Obama up on this one. Putin knew the Obama crowd (the ones actually running the show) would pick the black lesbian when he offered the either or but not both. The WH, State, DOJ, etc. all look like the fools that they are.


12 posted on 12/09/2022 4:24:09 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (Biden not only suffers fools and criminals, he appoints them to positions of responsibility. )
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To: twister881

“Sock Puppet’s press secretary CPD* is the worst spokeshole in modern American history.”

It is obvious she got the position because she checked all the right boxes: Black, female, dyke. Ability? None whatsoever.

Not unlike the imbecilic Supreme Court justice that testified under oath that she didn’t know what a woman was. She, too, checked the right boxes (though I’ve no idea if she is or is not a dyke, as I don’t recall hearing anything about her sexuality one way or the other; however, I feel quite sure that if she WERE a dyke that would have been made widely known by an adoring press).


13 posted on 12/09/2022 4:24:36 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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Buckwheat...


14 posted on 12/09/2022 4:27:19 PM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. )
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To: Milagros; lightman

KJP, a stupid lesbian “person of color”, calls Griner, a lesbian “person of color” who happen to be a women’s basketball star, an “inspiration”!! She is anything but!!!!

Despite my conservatism and patriotism, I am glad that Griner was released! That is because the Russian prison beds were too short for her 6-foot 9-inch height. I hate torture!!

However, I would love to see the several worthier Americans in Russian prisons released and sent home!! Are there repentant Orthodox Russian prisoners in US prisons whom we could exchange for them? Maybe, but we shall probably need to wait for the end of the bidenite regime for such an exchange to happen!!!


15 posted on 12/09/2022 4:31:18 PM PST by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: Milagros

And she still hates the United States.


16 posted on 12/09/2022 4:35:29 PM PST by beef (Say NO to the WOE (War On Energy))
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To: Milagros

why release the only guilty one?


17 posted on 12/09/2022 4:44:23 PM PST by TexasFreeper2009
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To: Drew68

Photo of the deal of the century....

And if you call to order now “you will also get concert coupons, a dental cleaning, a tiny little fan, a car wash voucher and a light up soap dispenser.”

Biden asked Jill if they needed the set of carving knives.

Ted Danson would have advised the US to move on.


18 posted on 12/09/2022 5:12:16 PM PST by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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Hopefully the Sword of the Lord will cut Griner down to size.

19 posted on 12/09/2022 5:12:28 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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Trump would have said “Release all 17 and then I’ll think about it.”

Then…”I thought about it and the answer is ‘No’.”


20 posted on 12/09/2022 5:19:16 PM PST by 5by5 (ad)
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