“If I were, you know, being held in a — you know — these conditions looked horrible, by the way. I mean, she’s so big and tall… and she’s in literally — they look like they keep the prisoners in a cage. And so the conditions were obviously horrible, but if you told me, ‘We’re gonna release you for this guy,’ I would maybe say, ‘You know what, let me stay a bit, a little bit longer. Keep working on that negotiation. Let’s see if we can find something a little bit more level,'” - Republican Loser Kari Lake on the Louder Bigotry with Bigot Steven Crowder show, claims she would have turned down a chance at freedom. We all know this is a venal lie as Lake makes this claim from the safety of her soft focus television studio but, it also highlights the despicable nature of Republican philosophy which is off-handedly cavalier with other peoples' lives.
So, Faux News abandoned the Railroad Union Busting Biden angle pretty quickly, 1) because Faux News loathes Unions and 2) they realize their reactive bigoted base really doesn't care about the contract issue. But, Brittney Griner's release? Ho-Ho-Ho, that's the bloody racist red meat which the Republican Party feeds it's bigoted base of rabid rightwingers.
Thomas Hartmann read on air, the titles from every on-line rightwing rag which attacked Griner and President Biden. Each article was worse than the last dripping with pure hatred and despicable vitriol. One of the worst aspects of rightwing propaganda is how fervently they decide victories are actually defeats. The response by Republicans and rightwingers to President Biden's successful diplomatic release of Brittney Griner is as bigoted as it is nonsensical.
First and foremost, this shows just how allied Republicans are to Russia and Vladimir Putin's monstrous regime. Republicans see Russia as an ardent ally in the global contest to re-ensconce White Supremacy and fundamentalist bigotry into power. If Traitor Trump was still in the White House, the 82nd Airborne would have landed in Kyiv and aided the FSB in capturing Zelenskiyy and conquering Ukraine. But, fortunately, Joe Biden is President and he girded Europe into resisting Vladimir Putin's unlawful war of aggression into Ukraine.
But, more importantly, on the domestic front this whole incident shows the level of hatred Republicans have for black people, whom Republicans don't really consider to be Americans, and for the LGBTQ community, whom Republicans don't even consider to be human.
Republicans hate black people and LGBTQIA persons so much they would let any and all of them perish at the hands of a brutal dictator. At home Republicans hate black people and LGBTQIA persons so much they are broadcasting calls for rightwing men to take guns and murder them daily. Republicans are vile villains who have nothing to offer the American people but, hatred and fear.
So, remember Republicans are going to craft all manner of propaganda about the Brittney Griner issue because they see it as another avenue to glom aggrieved white working class men to them. And it doesn't take much for Republicans to get their rightwing drones mad at Griner; she's black, gay, and far and away more athletic than they ever were and ever could possibly be.
But, don't be fooled 99.9% of rightwingers couldn't have told you who Viktor Bout was prior to the swap. And I'm not worried about an International Arms Dealer going back to Russia and resuming his previous career. It's a far different world from the one he left during his 12 year prison stay. Bout can't simply reintegrate himself into his old networks and supply chains and Russia is engaged in an active large scale war not the phony peace of the 2000's. So fearmongering Bout release will be nothing more than a repeat of the fear mongering for the 5 prisoners released from GITMO for Bowe Berghdal.
And of course rightwing liars are spamming every platform with Whatabout "ex-Marine" Paul Whelan? Fortunately, Whelan's family has been very honorable and rejoiced in Griner's release instead of feeding the rightwing narrative.
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