WNBA player Brittney Griner was arrested in Russia in February for bringing cannabis oil into the country while traveling for a basketball game. Griner brought vape cartridges with her containing cannabis oil, a prohibited substance in Russia. Today the 31-year-old was sentenced to nine years in Russian prison, after she was found guilty of possession and smuggling of illegal drugs.
The Biden administration is attempting to work out a prisoner exchange where Griner and Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine detained in 2018 in Russia of espionage charges, would be released in exchange for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.
The White House released the following statement:
“Today, American citizen Brittney Griner received a prison sentence that is one more reminder of what the world already knew: Russia is wrongfully detaining Brittney. It’s unacceptable, and I call on Russia to release her immediately so she can be with her wife, loved ones, friends, and teammates. My administration will continue to work tirelessly and pursue every possible avenue to bring Brittney and Paul Whelan home safely as soon as possible.”
If Russia is smart they would keep “it” until Trump gets back into office and then make a deal, let the libs scream about Russia Russia Russia when Pres. Trump gets “it” out.
No sympathy.
If “it” hates this country so much, “it” might just be happier there, less oppression.
Whoa. Cool it with this “it” talk. She’s a lesbian woman. That much is obvious. Don’t be an ass.
Ugliest “woman” I’ve seen in awhile. “It” can rot.
He’s a heterosexual transvestite man (whose hormonal therapy is clearly wearing off as one can easily see by comparing photos closely over the recent time period).
Reality is what it is these days, pal, deal with it.
Really?
The left refuses to define ‘woman’ or use it when referring to a woman.
I will refuse to afford them/it that courtesy until they CUT THAT CRAP OUT!
Actions have consequences…
It thinks it’s special.
In the US she/it would have all the usual race hustlers banging on the drums.
In russia it ain’t no special thing.
In fact, in russia, her/it’s proclivities are frowned upon.
Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time.
I see a guy when I look at it.
How do you know what It’s pronouns are?
Griner possessed some hash oil and got 9.5 years in prison.
What did Hunter Biden get for indulging in every sort of drug and perversion imaginable? $3,000,000 from the wife of Moscow’s late mayor.
Memo to Griner: Next trip, leave the hash at home and pack lots of influence to sell.
You have to remember, Russia is another country. Hunter Biden’s crimes do not apply. It’s their country, their laws.
I am not sure Joe used Brittney’s prefered pronouns …
too funny! 🙂
I told some people my preferred pronouns are “Ms.” and “Young Lady” and they use them. LOL ma’am would work too. 😉
Wot does ms stand for?
Miss. As in unwed. Or neutral if you aren’t sure.
Opposite of Mr. Feminists fought for this in the 1970’s. Women’s careers were often stifled due to marital and child status. They still are but it’s supposed to be illegal now. It’s an honorific that doesn’t designate the woman’s availability which I think is correct and perhaps the stigma of being a feminist by using the designation is wearing off. For many years, using “Ms.” gave a woman the stench of being a feminist which also closed doors and deprived them of career opportunities.
As a young woman in the 80s, I wrote a letter to Proctor & Gamble telling them that Ms. was intended to REPLACE Miss and Mrs. , so that women would not have to reveal more info about themselves than men. I explained to them that their forms adding the Ms. option to Miss and Mrs. missed the point and required women to reveal even more info (married, single or feminist). They explained to me that I could pound sand.
Four decades later, most corporate forms still have 3 options for women and one for men. Corporate American can’t figure out that basic courtesy of letting 50% of the population indicate they’re female without revealing more, but by George, if you’re in the .01 percent who don’t accept your gender, all of their forms have a box for you.
As it should have.
No one wants to be around an entitled, bitter ,man hating hag.
“Like Miss and Mrs., the term Ms. has its origins in the female English title once used for all women, Mistress.” (from Wokipedia)
Because feminazis are satan’s maidens.
Bannana, and Rock here!
Respect. Maybe she will learn some. Whenever and if, she ever gets back to the USA, she will want to kiss the flag and sing the national anthem.
9.5 Years in a Siberian prison is a death sentence. It’s very cold there.
Stupidity and arrogance, on the other hand, are life sentences…
Guessing that the Russians haven’t bought into the concept of “activist prosecutors”.
Don’t care. SHE broke the law in THEIR county after refuting OUR country!
It could be worse, it could be Singapore, death sentence!
On the plus side, Brittney has been drug free for almost 170 days
“He”.
My husband says Brittney is a man.
The photo with the story surely supports that ID.
And Brittney has a wife, so…
…he’s a heterosexual transvestite man.
The Russians aren’t confused about the private bits.
It’s going to the mens prison.
I’m thinking heterosexual Orangutan.
He/she/it. Isn’t that the description of Biden and Nadler?
I keep hearing this “wrongfully detaining” narrative in the media and now from the resident Biden. Griner admitted breaking the law. She tried to show a doctors note, like that would work! Bottom line, if you break drug laws in a foreign country, expect to pay a hefty price. This young lady picked a very bad time to break a law in Russia. The Biden administration is arming Ukraine with advanced weapons in order to kill Russians. How much leverage does Biden really have to secure her freedom?
It would be funny if Putin said NO we don’t want the arms dealer back. Kiss off!
Never ever cross a national border with drugs. Same thing would happen in a lot of countries. Lots of people are in prison for the same thing.
Yes. It is not only Russia that has laws prohibiting visitors from bringing in drugs with them.
The laws and repercussions for breaking them are readily available for all travelers to see before they enter a country.
“Same thing would happen in a lot of counties.” With the exception being America. Case in point: fentanyl and our southern border.
“her wife” Shirley a Miss print?
No sir, Griner is a heterosexual transvestite male.
Thus………IT
What the USA needs more of is law, order & application of punishment.
No doubt another USA “above the law” person will aim for Taiwan, or another country that enforces its laws.
The DemoNazis have set no standards of behavior for the last two generations.
I really do not care. It is not the first time she has been Russia. She hates America. She hates the American flag.
These idiots think because the get away with the shiate in America they can do the same in other countries. Perhaps she will learn to RESPECT OTHER PEOPLE’s COUNTRIES AND THEIR COUNTRY’S LAWS.
Boo hoo….
She broke Russia’s laws. You see, FJB, unlike you, Putin and Russia seem to have the testicular fortitude to uphold their laws. Unlike you FJB- the border, using DOJ to target moms, and the political persecution of those in attendance on Jan 6th.
And more so, I find it ironically funny that Griner, someone who refused to stand for our anthem and routinely denigrates her own country as evil, is now crying, asking that very same country to save her. But Griner? Griner? I thought the USA was a racist, bigoted place of oppression.
The Lord works in mysterious ways, and he always finds ways to get his lessons taught. I hope Griner is paying attention but I doubt it.
So sad, too bad…
Anything to keep the old man preoccupied….
This person is sort of black ish. I can’t believe Biden forgot that Russia is Raysis, c’mon he/she
Don’t know when the pic was taken, but ‘aren’t we just so special’ attitude may work in the US, but she/it ain’t nobody in russia.
Lets see, an arms dealer for a spoiled brat?
Nope, best learn russian.
WoW…. so if someone is caught caught taking drugs into a country that is “unlawfully detained”. IT is lucky it was not a country where the death penality is in play!
Sounds like the kind of trade Obama would make,
Bad or worse. But always aimed at damaging America.
While it’s true that out of arrogance Griner broke the law by bringing her drug stash into Russia, it’s time to label this incarceration for what it is given the 9 year sentence she received. Essentially this is a kidnapping of an American “Elite”, which should fetch a good ransom prize for Putin from the Dufus-In-Chief. Putin is undoubtedly fully aware of how the Leftist Hollywood Elites will mount a huge media campaign to pressure Biden to exchange Griner for one of Russia’s most powerful and notorious terrorists in US possession. Despite what a bad deal this would be for US National Security, Dufus is sure to kowtow to the Elites since he can’t bear to disappoint the “In Crowd”.
Meantime Griner sits in a jail cell, astonished that her Elite Leftist Transgender Privilege card didn’t work in Russia when she broke the law, where she assumed she could avoid accountability, as all Leftist Elites do in the US. This Elite Leftist Privilege card should be good internationally too, right? On a positive note, maybe this will give her some time to reflect on how much she disdains America. Perhaps in time she will come back to the US a changed person and we will no longer have to endure watching her desecrate our flag and disrespect our veterans.
And Putin will tell Joe to pounnd sand.
Perhaps it will find a creative tattoo artist in the Russian prison system.