Brittney Griner freed in swap for Russian arms dealer | Announcement from U.S. President Joe Biden

U.S. President Joe Biden announced WNBA star Brittney Griner has been released from Russian detention in a prisoner swap for convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.

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50 comments

  1. Such a big show for someone who said she can’t stand the National Anthem. She should be playing that on repeat for life.

    1. Wait for her to return and start whining about the country she hates. And it’s not going to be Russia.

    2. And he states she (really a he – I have seen this person without a shirt. I do not believe this is a ‘she.’) personifies what is best. This is disgusting!

    1. China’s regime also won the trade with Canada when they released Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig for Meng Wanzhou. In hostage diplomacy, the perpetrator always wins.

    1. They say he’s he’s disappeared they can’t seem to find him all of a sudden. What’s with that Brittany Granger or whatever her name is she’s disgusted

    2. Biden and his minions only care about destroying America. What about Afghanistan Joe! What about it! He brags about this while destroying America!

  2. We let a murderous arms dealer go free to get back someone who broke the law in another country. Our priorities are disgusting, this whole thing is disgusting.

    1. Yeah this is incredibly screwed up. It wouldn’t matter what country it is you can’t bring drugs with you around willy-nilly

    1. Just look at the empty suit squinting at the podium? To think we’re to believe 80M voted for him, is the VERY definition of insanity.

    1. Just one of thousands of Russians arms dealers? He’s back in Russia… so what’s the big deal exactly?

    2. @Doyle’s Digs | Metal Detecting he was literally called the merchant of death he’s sold over 800 SAM missiles even just one is reason to worry and we traded him for someone who couldn’t go without her hash oil

    3. @theNorth It’s not the early 2000s anymore tho is it? The most notorious arms dealer is now currently NATO. get over it

  3. So, will he be insisting the release of Americans convicted of drug possession? No special treatment? Wrongfully detained? She broke the law in a foreign country and was found guilty of the crime. Her release sends a bad message and strongly encourages special treatment.

    1. @Paul Владимирович Простаков no the thousands that should’ve been arrested during the Floyd riots

  4. What a disgrace. The scentence was too long but she knew what she had. An arms dealer, wow, she should have did the time for the crime and knowing what the trade was a true American would have resisted to keep an arms dealer in prison.

    1. Why is everybody so upset about this arms dealer. Please correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t he just going from an American prison to an Russian prison. If that is the case, he is still going to be in jail.

  5. Imagine seeing this headline while you are doing hard time for a non violent drug offense and then looking out your prison cell window seeing the neon lights of all the pot shops light up the night.

    1. Bidens actions are measured by those who voted for him. Biden supporters are FINE with this. If you havnt forgotten, the Dems keep slamming you guys in elections😬

  6. Wrongfully detained, wrongfully detained, wrongfully detained. Regardless of how many times you say it, it doesn’t make it true. A fair trade would have been a convicted drug felon for a convicted drug felon and not an arms dealer for a third rate athlete.

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