Brittney and wife
Posted on 11/05/2022 5:16:34 AM PDT by Libloather
WNBA star Brittney Griner, who has been imprisoned in Russia for 260 days, has reportedly met with US embassy officials.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre confirmed on Thursday (3 November) that the basketball player had met with embassy officials as part of negotiations for her release.
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Since her imprisonment, a mass campaign by various humanities groups and fellow WNBA players has urged the US government to bring her home.
Jean-Pierre said during the statement that the government had “made a significant offer to the Russians to resolve the current unacceptable and wrongful detentions of American citizens Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan.”
Paul Whelan is a former US Marine who was arrested in 2018 on accusations of spying. He received a 16-year prison sentence in 2020.
“[the US] has continued to follow up on that offer and propose alternative potential ways forward with Russians through all available channels,” she added. “This continues to be a top priority.”
State secretary Antony Blinken said in July that the White House had begun negotiations over the possible exchange of convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout as part of a deal to bring Griner home.
But negotiations seemed to have hit a stand-still for several months, making it unclear as to whether the current offer involves Bout’s release.
The Kremlin had previously said negotiations surrounding Griner’s release are not a priority, with Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov saying: “It’s not the main issue that we are concerned about.
“In this tense situation, I think that [Joe Biden] is thinking first and foremost about the upcoming midterm elections, Ushakov continued. “So he keeps emphasising the need to bring [Brittney Griner] back home.”
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You failed to mention the most important fact.....
She’s Black.
Blinken is Kissing Black Ass
Not sure why it is labeled a ‘wrongful detention’ as (s)he(it) was caught with drugs.
Let her rot.
That works for me, too - I’m “flexible”.
That's not a she.
Why would Putin trade that druggie basketball player to the USA when the USA is hell-bent for all-out war with Russia and wants to remove Putin from power and destroy Russia?
Such a deal would make Putin look like a complete fool to the world and would make a mockery of Russia’s tough, anti-drug laws before the world.
Well, that is true I guess. I haven’t actually looked to see.
But you did raise the question that has been on my mind.
“It” is jailed in Russia where there presumably is not all the fake hoopla over perverted trans genderism. Is the containment in a Men’s or a Women’s prison?
My guess would be the latter.
She’s worth more than her keep to them. The question is when do they cash her in.
Throw out a few billion dementia jo, and a few nuke technology secrets…maybe the ruskies will let her go and she can have a NY ticker tape parade and burn the flag…
Let. Her. Rot.
The average person in America would likely just as soon she served out her sentence. Any average American would likely have to even if not guilty. I don’t see where America gains anything by getting her back. Maybe we could vote on it. Getting her back would probably mean nothing more than her getting a lucrative book deal. What could possibly be in it for America?
The average person in America would likely just as soon she served out her sentence. Any average American would likely have to even if not guilty. I don’t see where America gains anything by getting her back. Maybe we could vote on it. Getting her back would probably mean nothing more than her getting a lucrative book deal. What could possibly be in it for America?
Griner has a very high Intersectional Score so Biden is offering a “significant offer” for her.
1: Black
2: L in LGBT
3: Married or was to another L
4: She meets the IMUS stereotype of a WNBA player
5: Lets the world know how Woke she is
In terms of her importance to the security of the United State...that score is zero.
She actually went to Russia to play basketball despite the United States State Department issuing strong warnings of travel to Russia in the lead up to war. She has nobody to blame but herself for rotting in as Russia prison. I suppose she has grown up where everyone she is contact tried to please her, she never heard of no.
Vlad should demand the US release its J6 political prisoners.
This is low hanging fruit—ridicules the US “democracy”.
BTW: They wouldn't allow the Russkis to see the new Batman movie because they invaded the Ukraine like a bunch of wild-eyed immigrants invading the U.S. from south of the border but they let Griner go to Russia to play for the "premier Russian Woman's Basketball League. What the.....?
Brittney and wife
That IS a dude!
You called Griner a broad. I think you may have misgendered it.
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