charges of smuggling cannabis. it was nearly the maximum sentence for bringing less than one gram of cannabis oil into the country. britney griner pleaded guilty last month to cartridges in her possession, which arrived i airport in february. but she told the court that bringing them into russia was an honest mistake after she packed in a hurry. before the sentencing today, unemotional britney griner apologized, saying she never intended to break any laws in a final plea for leniency. i never meant to hurt anybody. i never meant to put in jeopardy the russian population. i never meant to break any laws here. i made an honest mistake. and i hope that, in your ruling, that it doesn t lose [inaudible] my life here. i know everybody keeps talking about political pawn and politics. but i hope that that is far from this courtroom. but the judge didn t grant her any leniency. the lawyers called the verdict absolutely unreasonable and plan to appeal, saying the court ignore
cannabis. it was nearly the maximum sentence for bringing less than one gram of cannabis oil into the country. when she arrived in moscow s airport in february. she told the court that bringing them into russia was an honest mistake after she packed in a hurry. before the sentencing today, on emotional brittney griner apologized, saying she never intended to break any laws in a final plea for leniency. i never meant to hurt anybody. i never meant to put in jeopardy the russian population. i never meant to break any laws here. i made an honest mistake. and i hope that, in your willing, that it doesn t end my life here. i know everybody keeps talking about political pawn and politics. but i hope that that is far from this courtroom. but the judge didn t grant her any leniency. the lawyers called the verdict absolutely unreasonable and plan to appeal, saying the court ignored the defense is defenses evidence. she was very upset. very upset, very stressed. and she can har
capitol that s why we saw members of the trump mob wearing camp auschwitz t-shirts at the capitol attack. that s why we saw mass murders in pittsburgh, el paso and three months ago, in buffalo new york, where the suspects had screamed about white replacement. politicians like donald trump and viktor orban are stoking this kind of eggs into animal to anyone who is in white or christian or conservatives they are eating it up. joining us now, is kurt bardella, adviser to the democratic national committee and the democratic congressional campaign committee, also christina greer, associate professor of political science at university. so, kurt, why is the question i have. why do conservatives embrace these types of dictators. because they are the role models at this point, zerlina. they are not really trying to hide this at this point. they look at these autocrats and dictator like people, these white supremacist leaders as role models. that is why they re trying to
not enough. this war is a culture war. this is what donald trump the official new paper of the ku klux klan endorsed him. we saw in 2017, when president donald trump called of white supremacist in charlottesville very fine people. donald trump s embrace of racism and the racist idea of white replacement is motivated the conservative base of the republican party. in many ways donald trump normalized racism, and the republican party has embraced it and continue to cultivate it with their rhetoric and policies, that s why we saw confederate flags at the capitol on january six. and that s why we saw members of the trump mob wearing camp auschwitz t-shirts at the capitol attack. that s why we saw mass murders in pittsburgh, el paso and