Posted on 12/09/2022 12:59:58 PM PST by NetAddicted
At yesterday’s White House press briefing, Fox News’ Peter Doocy tried to get some answers from Karine Jean-Pierre about why the Biden administration was willing to turn over Viktor Bout, a terrorist arms dealer colloquially known as “The Merchant of Death,” over to Russia in exchange for WNBA player Brittney Griner. Jean-Pierre didn’t provide any satisfactory answers (and ultimately grabbed her binder and fled from the podium).
Well, on day 2 of questions about the problematic prisoner swap, Jean-Pierre’s still giving terrible answers to valid and important questions:
Jean-Pierre: "We knew about a week or two ago that there was going to be a deal for Brittney Griner and that was what the Russians had presented to us and they wanted the deal to secure her return was Mr. Bout for Brittney Griner." pic.twitter.com/IGS3uMuArg
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) December 9, 2022
Well, everyone? Are you satisfied with that? No?
Good. Because you shouldn’t be satisfied with it. And the fact that the Biden administration was satisfied with it is genuinely disturbing.
So they just had to accept the deal the Russians presented?
— JEFF2975 (@JEFFWH75) December 9, 2022
Did we make a counteroffer? Or just take Putin’s sticker price? https://t.co/kRBL5c2x3g
— Vince Coglianese (@VinceCoglianese) December 9, 2022
It sounds like Russia was holding all the cards at the negotiating table. If you can even call what happened negotiating. Sounds more like Putin said “Jump” and Biden said “How high?” Is that supposed to make the Biden administration look good? This is supposed to be a defense of their horrible decision?
I smell manure!!!!
— Von Hencke (@VONHENCKE2R6) December 9, 2022
We smell it, too. Especially after NBC News reported that Russia initially offered to return detained retired Marine Paul Whelan and the White House chose Griner instead — and then NBC altered their article to line up with the White House’s narrative.
NBC News, a known state propaganda outlet, is participating in the cover up operation. First edition vs stealth edited edition. pic.twitter.com/kk1rnd5mgQ
— Jordan Schachtel @ dossier.substack.com (@JordanSchachtel) December 8, 2022
NBC had a bombshell report that Russia offered America Brittney Griner OR Paul Whelan, citing a senior government official. It would be Biden's choice which one to save.
The report was later edited without explanation to mirror Biden's explanation that only Griner was offered. pic.twitter.com/5BvGeyP0RU
— David Hookstead (@dhookstead) December 9, 2022
If you can believe one thing about the Biden administration, it’s that the Biden administration cannot — and should not — be believed.
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Karine Jean-Pierre defends Biden’s shameful cave to Putin, inspires zero confidence in admin’s priorities
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tags:BRITTNEY GRINER, KARINE JEAN-PIERRE, PRISONER SWAP, RUSSIA, VIKTOR BOUT, VLADIMIR PUTIN
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BARF. I did not need to read a sentence with two grotesque lesbians and “Smell test.”
Question for any Marine out there: Does the fact that he was convicted of a crime and dishonorably discharged impact his status as a ‘former’ Marine? That is always said with pride, but pride does not seem to fit considering his discharge status.
wake me up when somebody tells the truth
Watch a spy movie.
Every embedded has been kicked out of their prior affiliation.
Lay in bed and FBI agent into a gang. The FBI agent was fired dishonorably for theft, blah blah blah.
Pretty sure this has been mentioned but it needs to be repeated.
JOE Biden is sending billions of dollars in weaponry to Ukraine to fight Russia, who is reportedly losing the war. So what does the US do? They release Victor Bout, a vile international arms dealer so he can get back to work dealing in arms. Maybe he will negotiate with Ukrainians to sell US weapons to Russia, who knows.
Watch a spy movie.
Every embedded has been kicked out of their prior affiliation.
They embed an FBI agent into a gang.
The FBI agent was fired dishonorably for theft, blah blah blah.
thats peanuts
he gets 10% of bout’s money
what are you doing?
biden makes a completely political decision and should be lambasted for it
and you make a statement that makes you look worse
more proof that
black lesbians will rule the world
It’s totally true. KJP’s first words from the podium the day she started were, “I’m a black, lesbian, immigrant”. It was in our faces. And yes, she smells.
I watched most of that Russian media presentation, and damn if I don’t agree with them on what they are saying.
Would be hilarious if Putin came out with a statement that Biden was lying and he’d offered Biden a choice...Whalen or the it.
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