Posted on 12/08/2022 7:21:51 AM PST by Salman
WNBA star Brittney Griner was released from a Russian prison Thursday as part of an exchange for notorious international arms dealer Viktor Bout, almost ten months after she was arrested on drug charges at a Moscow airport.
“She’s safe, she’s on a plane, she’s on her way home,” President Biden said in remarks from the White House, where he was joined by Griner’s wife, Cherelle. The two spoke with the Phoenix Mercury center over the phone, according to senior White House officials.
“She’s on her way home, after months of being unjustly detained in Russia, held under intolerable circumstances,” Biden said. “Brittney will soon be back in the arms of her loved ones and she should have been there all along. This is a day we’ve worked toward for a long time. We never stopped pushing for her release.”
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Upon landing they will play the national anthem to give her a chance to practice her kneeling.
Maybe Biden should read THE ART OF THE DEAL cause he sure can’t negotiate.
Oh, I forgot, he can’t even read his OWN FRIGGIN TELEPROMPTER!
How did the Russians make Griner carry hash vapes around?
I was thinking the worst deal since Biden openly signaled our leaving Afghanistan.
And for trades, I’d say the Lou Brock to the Cardinals deal might be worse. Hey, at least St. Louis got one right ;)
Now Russia just has to come up with 30 or 40 preteen girls and bois for Lunchbox Joey to grope ‘ n sniff
Uhm...I do not have anything polite to say. “She” basically freed the Merchant of Death.
I do not know if I could live with myself knowing that.
Russian workcamp/gulag for 9 years vs. Merchant of Death
My 9 years of life vs thousands of lives.
She is now free to nce again receive wealth and freedom from the country she hates.
That Russian might not be the coolest guy ever. But think about something. We had Thailand arrest a Russian, for offering to sell weapons to Columbians and somehow that violates US law?
The idea that everyone on earth can be arrested by the FBI without their “crime” having any connection to the USA is nothing to be proud of.
I am having a hard time finding anything he did that our government hasn’t done. We arm the PLO, we armed ISIS/FSA/etc, we arm Ukraine, we armed the Mexican Cartels. We armed the Taliban.
What’s the difference?
This country is floundering. No thought to what this will mean for future detainees and the countries that snatch them. I just wish more average people cared. If people cared we could actually do something about the direction of this country.
"I am thankful to be home. America is still racist."
i’ll bet he gave up more than the gunrunner...
Now we know why he couldn’t visit the border. He was working on this deal to further diminish the USA!
“I’m sure Brittney Griner will be all over TV soon, doing interview after interview, go chat with Whoopi Goldberg , and all of the personalities on MSNBC.
Maybe a book deal will come her way.”
Absolutely! She’ll be a multimillionaire in a year.
He got traded for a man pretending to be a woman,
who is pretending to be a basketball player.
Whalen was court martialed in 08 and given a bad conduct discarge, right?
She’s a Man, man
Yeah baby!…
I believe that the people of this country DO care about deals like this. We apparently have an administration that DOESN’T care & they sure don’t listen to the people who DO care or the country wouldn’t be in the shape it’s in. When did the average citizen vote for the high inflation, huge border problems, etc. that we have?
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