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It's been 130 days since WNBA star Brittney Griner was detained in Russia and her trial is about to start. Her wife wants US officials to do more to bring her home
CNN ^ | Thu June 30, 2022 | Abby Phillip and Steve Almasy

Posted on 06/30/2022 9:38:34 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Cherelle Griner, the wife of WNBA star Brittney Griner, told CNN on Thursday she wants US officials to do whatever they have to do to bring the basketball legend home -- and she needs to see them do more.

In the only interview she is giving on the eve of her wife's trial in Russia, Cherelle Griner sat in the Phoenix Mercury locker room and called for more action.

"It's really, really difficult. This is not a situation where the rhetoric is matching the action," she said. "I do have to unfortunately push people to make sure that the things they're telling me is also matching their actions and so it's been the hardest thing to balance because I can't let up. It's over 130 days and BG's still not back."

Brittney Griner, 31, who has played in Russia during the WNBA's offseason, was arrested February 17 at a Moscow airport. Russian authorities claimed she had cannabis oil in her luggage and accused her of smuggling significant amounts of a narcotic substance, an offense punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: griner; russia
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To: MinorityRepublican

WNBA and “star” don’t belong in the same sentence.

It’s like being the star of a soup kitchen.


41 posted on 06/30/2022 11:55:58 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)
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To: cherry

Maybe it’s THC cartridges for a vape thing?

I’m so out of the loop I don’t even know what they’re called. LOL!


42 posted on 06/30/2022 11:56:57 PM PDT by ConjunctionJunction (Vim vi repellere licet)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Let her rot.


43 posted on 07/01/2022 12:01:38 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: pepsi_junkie

It seems the arrest was legit.

I believe Americans should be caned in countries that have canings for crimes. I believe Americans should be killed for crimes in countries that call for killings.

Why do you believe she did no crime or that Americans should not get punishment for illegal acts they perform?


44 posted on 07/01/2022 12:19:37 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Paladin2

yep


45 posted on 07/01/2022 12:35:51 AM PDT by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
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To: MinorityRepublican
Cherelle Griner, the wife of WNBA star Brittney Griner, A headline which speaks of a far more serious sin than narcotics.

God made man and women distinctively different yet uniquely compatible and complementary, and only joined them together in marriage - as the Lord Jesus Himself specified - and only condemned homosexual relations wherever they are manifestly dealt with.

Yet there is still room at the cross for all who will come to God in repentance and faith, and trust in the Divine Son of God sent by the Father, the risen Lord Jesus, to save them on His account, by His sinless shed blood, and thus be baptized and live for Him. Acts 10:36-47


46 posted on 07/01/2022 12:49:14 AM PDT by daniel1212 (Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned+destitute sinner, trust Him who saves, be baptized + follow Him!)
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To: Mogger

LOL....


47 posted on 07/01/2022 1:17:30 AM PDT by cherry (;)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Gonna be tough to ask the Russkies for any favors right about now......


48 posted on 07/01/2022 2:19:41 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: MinorityRepublican
I'm happy for little Brittney. She hates America. Russia hates America. She and her guards should be getting along just peachy!

"In the summer of 2020, following the drug overdose by George Floyd, Griner explained that she would be protesting the playing of the national anthem before games by remaining in the locker room. She went on to say that:
“I honestly feel we should not play the national anthem during our season. I think we should take that much of a stand.”

OPINION: Brittney Griner Hates America And Deserves To Languish In A Russian Prison

"Brittney Griner “has been out front about social justice causes her entire career,” according to AZ Central. She has been extremely vocal in denouncing imaginary ‘systemic racism’ in our country. And she has adamantly refused to even enter arenas for the playing of our National Anthem, stating:
“I’m going to protest regardless. I’m not going to be out there for the national anthem. If the league continues to want to play it, that’s fine. It will be all season long, I’ll not be out there. I feel like more are going to probably do the same thing. I can only speak for myself.”

America-Hating WNBA Player Brittney Griner’s Russian Nightmare Goes From Bad To Worse

49 posted on 07/01/2022 2:21:19 AM PDT by Enterprise
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To: All

Her wife ? LOL.


50 posted on 07/01/2022 2:49:23 AM PDT by escapefromboston (Free Chauvin)
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To: MinorityRepublican

wah wah wahmen
cbd oil is exactly that ....sells like tiger balm used to.
if the ruskies say no no, to jail you must go go.
we have no extradiction treaty.

she is a pow.


51 posted on 07/01/2022 2:51:44 AM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: Paladin2

Which is worse? A russian prison or a turkish prison? She is about to find out.


52 posted on 07/01/2022 3:10:35 AM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Every Leftist loves to disrespect America and say bad things about it. Then when they go overseas and get in a jam, they suddenly realize America is not so bad after all.


53 posted on 07/01/2022 3:18:19 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (3,407,000 active users on Truth Social)
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To: MinorityRepublican
I've watched enough episodes of "Locked Up Abroad" on Nat Geo that I have no desire whatsoever to travel to another country outside the US, let alone partake in something that might even be remotely considered illegal.

And the other series featuring drug dealers and users should be required watching for every teenager in this country.

54 posted on 07/01/2022 3:27:57 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Don't walk thru the watermelon patch)
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To: MinorityRepublican
130 days huh?
The January 6 detainees have been put in solitary for over 17 months without trial or charges. That makes this 130 days look like tiddlywinks.
Not to mention this basketball player is a criminal and America is at war with Russia by proxy. What does CNN have to say about all that?/p>
55 posted on 07/01/2022 4:06:18 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: MinorityRepublican
130 days huh?
The January 6 detainees have been put in solitary for over 17 months without trial or charges. That makes this 130 days look like tiddlywinks.
Not to mention this basketball player is a criminal and America is at war with Russia by proxy. What does CNN have to say about all that?/p>
56 posted on 07/01/2022 4:06:19 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: MinorityRepublican

Her wife?


57 posted on 07/01/2022 4:22:33 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: MinorityRepublican
Her "wife"? - YUCK!!
58 posted on 07/01/2022 4:25:38 AM PDT by high info voter (Delivery )
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To: gitmo

Cue Claude Rains.....I’m shocked! Shocked to find lesbians in the WNBA!


59 posted on 07/01/2022 4:28:44 AM PDT by xp38
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To: RedMonqey

She probably still blames her predicament on the USA anyway. Our country is so bad it makes Russia pick on Americans like her, or some such nonsense. Nothing to do with Russians being corrupt and bad actors.

That said, I think just on principle the Biden Administration should be doing more to get her deported back to the USA, and Russia can bar her from entering their country again. She doesn’t need to do ten years in a Russian prison over possessing some cannabis oil.


60 posted on 07/01/2022 4:36:40 AM PDT by Cecily ( )
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