Posted on 07/05/2022 9:09:54 PM PDT by 11th_VA
The public outcry around the plight of Brittney Griner is growing louder — and that spells trouble for President Biden, who has been unable to free the basketball star from detention in Russia.
Griner wrote to Biden in recent days saying she was “terrified I might be here forever”.
Her wife, Cherelle, appears to have lost patience with the administration to take a low-profile approach to Brittney’s jailing.
On Tuesday, Cherelle Griner told “CBS Mornings” that it was “very disheartening” not to have heard from Biden directly.
Cherelle Griner added: “It kills me every time that, you know, when I have to write [Brittney] and she’s asking, ‘Have you met with them yet?’ And I have to say no.”
Rev. Al Sharpton, generally a staunch defender of Biden, is seeking the administration’s help in securing a clergy visit to see Griner in Moscow.
In an interview with this column, Sharpton said that he had spoken with Cherelle Griner both on the phone and on his radio show last week…
Her plight poses several interlinked problems for the White House.
First, given the war in Ukraine, it seems highly implausible that Russian authorities will be inclined to release Griner for the sake of goodwill.
Second, the idea that Moscow might be able to use Griner as leverage to obtain the release of Viktor Bout, an infamous Russian arms dealer nicknamed ‘The Merchant of Death’ is unpalatable, both morally and politically. Bout was sentenced to 25 years on terrorism charges in a 2012 trial in New York.
Thirdly, there are particular sensitivities raised by the failure to obtain the release of Griner, a Black, gay woman.
’ On Monday, Griner’s head coach with the Phoenix Mercury, Vanessa Nygaard, told reporters: “If it was LeBron [James], he’d be home, right?” …
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What public outcry, I don’t know of one at all.
Griner will never look at another woman again after spending time in their pleasure palace - the back of the truck
Nah, the Russians won’t do that. But Olga (381 lbs) and Ludmilla (373 lbs) will be expressing their opinion of the toothpick locked in with them.
A liberal dopehead and Biden are both unhappy?
Let me check the givesashit meter...
But, apparently Biden does, too.
and if he pays Billions to get her out ?
I spit up laughing this morning when the Black guy Nate on CBS Mornings preposterously said she is NOT getting any attention because she is Black and LGBT. He must not realize that she is getting wall to wall coverage, yet the guy there 16 years is getting none, he’s White and straight.
Yes, I thought that was very S-T-U-P-I-D.
I'm still wondering how they decide who is the "Husband" and who is the "Wife", given that there are no external markers.
And if it was just an ordinary fool who was no good at basketball, he’d be there forever, right? It’s just a dilemma because she can throw a ball through a hoop? Great moral compass there.
I doubt most people really care what happens to her. This is a media driven concern which is interesting because it adversely impacts Joe. A year ago, it would have been buried.
Ahhh, it is apparent that Biden is no Trump. Remember when Trump got the UCLA basketball players who were caught stealing freed from China?
I also recall how ungrateful they were. I believe their parents wee later doing an interview trashing Trump who had freed their children.
Mabe that’s why Biden is not helping?
Anyhow, here’s how Trump rolled: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/ucla-athletes-arrested-china-thank-president-trump-their-release-n821111
But how do we know she didn't? We don't.
“Has she confessed?”
Her trial has not yet begun.
She gets to confess during her trial.
;-)
She should’ve Called Saul.
My joke:
Brittney said to the Russians:
“Do you know who I am?”
The Russians said:
“Unfortunately for you, we know exactly who you are.”
;-)
The WNBA is a welfare league—it would not exist without subsidies from the NBA.
Yup—Al Sharpton and Jimi Hendrix is not gonna get it done in Mother Russia.
The authorities in other nations used to laugh when Americans would “demand their rights”. But it now happens so regularly that they just roll their eyes.
The best solution for them is to demand a whopping fine, with “release and deportation on payment”. Because while Americans may not have a huge amount of cash on them, they have friends, family, etc. back in the US who will wire it to them.
The exceptions to this are serious felonies, especially drugs.
In any event, Biden and co. will do nothing for her. If it was President Trump, her release would only be a very small side note, a nicety, for a much bigger deal.
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