Posted on 05/19/2022 5:30:13 AM PDT by BradtotheBone
Democratic House Reps. Greg Stanton (Ariz.), Sheila Jackson Lee (Texas) and Colin Allred (Texas) introduced a resolution calling for the release of Brittney Griner, a seven-time WNBA All-Star selection and Olympic gold medalist who has been detained in Russia for months.
The resolution calls for the “immediate release” of Griner, who has been detained since February when cannabis vape cartridges were allegedly found in her luggage at the Moscow Airport.
“I’ve been lucky enough to watch Brittney develop and grow as a professional athlete, but also as a leader in our Phoenix community. We won’t stop working until she’s safely back with her family,” Stanton said in a statement.
Jackson Lee added that the resolution reinforces the important position that “Brittney Griner is ‘wrongfully detained’ in Russia.”
“She is a victim of Putin’s desperation to rule the world, and unfortunately, her freedom is made more difficult by inconsistent Russian responses to our embassy personnel and a bad legal system in Russia,” Jackson Lee also said.
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Well then!
Glad to see that that’s been taken care of.
The January 6th protestors didn't commit a crime but Democrats Greg Stanton, Sheila Jackson Lee, and Colin Allred haven't introduced a resolution calling for their release.
“The January 6th protestors didn’t commit a crime but Democrats Greg Stanton, Sheila Jackson Lee, and Colin Allred haven’t introduced a resolution calling for their release.”
Agree, and have any Republicans done the same?
“I’m sure Putin is shaking in his boots after the House Democrats introduced a strongly worded resolution against them.”
I’d like Putin to say “Only after the Jan 6th prisoners are released”. Putin has brought them up in the past, when the US tried to lecture him about human rights.
When you start stealing billions in Russia’s assets you’ve got to figure on a response. At this point she’s just a pawn, the living version of an oligarch’s yacht.
Can we trade them for Sheila Jackson Lee?
IF that is YOUR version of a “LEADER” in the community-—Arizona is in terrible trouble.
HER arrogance & HER ignorance are dueling for the top shelf honors.
IF she is “So valuable” to America-—why was she carrying banned substances???
Aren’t these same substances banned in the rules here at home.?
taking drugs on a plane is a bad idea with consequences.
Keep this ingrate.
“”Aren’t these same substances banned in the rules here at home.?””
The product she was caught with is legal in AZ and several other states. She possibly broke state and definitely broke federal law before she even left the US. Once she got on a plane things get Federal. She needs to face charges when she gets back.
If they were really interested in her release, they would be engaging in quiet diplomacy. They instead push a toothless resolution that will likely motivate the Russians to dig in their heels. Conclude that they don’t really care about her, and are just trying to impress their base.
Don’t care. Now she can hate Russia in addition to hating the US.
Let her rot.
Still waiting on a “strongly worded” demand to the Taliban for the release of the stranded Americans in Afghanistan.
Democrats love supporting criminals
Black privilege spilling into international relations?
She would rot if she were wHITE.
+1
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