The Brittney Griner Prisoner Swap Is Disgusting

December 8, 2022 11:18am

Brittney Griner's arrest, charges, and imprisonment in Russia were not dubious. She committed an actual crime and pleaded guilty to the charges. She never said she didn't do what she was charged with doing. She was not arrested on trumped up charges or planted evidence. She made the foolish but deliberate decision to possess illegal drugs in a country with harsh penalties for such crimes. Yeah, it sucks that she was incarcerated in Russia, but it was her own damn fault.

So why did Joe Biden work so hard to release Brittney Griner while doing nothing to get the release of Paul Whelan (a former U.S. Marine who was likely falsely accused of espionage)? We all know the answer. It is because Griner is a member of at least four protected classes preferred by Democrats, and Whelan is not.

That is why Joe Biden exchanged a worthless, America-hating basketball player for a convicted Russian arms smuggler. That arms smuggler, Viktor Bout, was such a bad guy that he was known as the "Merchant of Death." Bout was serving a 25-year sentence in a U.S. prison after being convicted in 2011 of conspiracy to kill Americans, conspiracy to deliver anti-aircraft missiles, and aiding a terrorist organization. But Biden let him out of prison. Apparently, aiding and abetting the killing of Americans is equivalent to possession of cannabis.

This prisoner exchange, along with nearly everything Biden has done, is disgusting. And destructive.