Brittney Griner Has Been Freed And Vin Diesel Is Trending For “Helping” Bring Her Home

December 8, 2022 / Posted by:

After nine long months in a Russian jail, WNBA star Brittney Griner has been freed and is on her way back to America! This morning President Joe Biden announced that 32-year-old Brittney was released in a prisoner swap that involved Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. Viktor, aka the “Merchant of Death,” smuggled weapons from Eastern Europe to Africa and the Middle East for nearly two decades. In 2011, he was convicted of conspiracy to kill U.S. citizens and officials and provide aid to terrorists. It sucks that this murderous trash bag is even being mentioned in the same breath as a woman who accidentally smuggled cannabis cartridges into Russia, but hey, that’s international politics, baby!

CNN reports that the prisoner swap occurred in Abu Dhabi earlier today. At a press conference this morning, Joe Biden said that the athlete would be back in the U.S. within 24 hours. “She’s safe, she’s on a plane, she’s on her way home,” adding:

“After months of being unjustly detained in Russia, held under intolerable circumstances, Brittney will soon be back in the arms of her loved ones, and she should have been there all along.”

Even though this is great news from Brittney and her family, many are disappointed that the prisoner swap didn’t include Paul Whelan, an American citizen who has been wrongfully detained in Russia since 2018. The Russians have accused him of spying, and he’s currently serving a 16-year prison for espionage. Biden says that Paul’s family must have “such mixed emotions today”:

“This was not a choice of which American to bring home,” Biden said. “Sadly, for totally illegitimate reasons, Russia is treating Paul’s case differently than Brittney’s. And while we have not yet succeeded in securing Paul’s release, we are not giving up. We will never give up.”

Here’s Joe Biden speaking about Brittney’s release. Her wife, Cherelle Griner, takes the mic around the 4:40 mark:

So it’s a very happy day for Brittney and her supporters. But what the hell does Vin Diesel have to do with any of this? Well, last week, Vin took to Instagram to share a picture of him giving a thumbs-up at a basketball game. The caption read: “I need Brittney Griner home before Christmas.” Obviously, Putin saw Vin’s post (before it was deleted), and thought, “Shiiiit, this motherfucker means business.” Ipso facto, Vin got BG home before the holidays!!! And everyone on Twitter agrees:

It looks like Vin did what Dennis Rodman couldn’t. Sorry, Denny, ya gotta be a real-life action hero to move mountains and change the course of history. See: that other timeline where Mark Wahlberg stopped 9/11.

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