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Is back because that was a nonsensical set of charges that relate against her. and it s up and a lot now. this is what happens. people get caught up in trumped up charges and get sent to jail and treated for somebody. on the other, hand we can be very unhappy that paul whelan is still in there and not out. but this weird outrage and this outrage cycle that s moving around republican circles seems to have missed the fact that we actually got brittney griner out. and even paul whelan s family is sort of saying, this is misplaced outrage. i agree. and i think it s pretty scary, to be honest, because if we do not have consensus on basic fundamental national security interests and issues in the united states of america, we are going to be in trouble in this era of power competition with china and russia. and this need not be a political issue and you are exactly right, that s exactly the way to frame it. we can hold two thoughts in our mind at the same time. celebrate the fact that we hav
Marina butina confirm, quote, it was our choice to exchange whelan. even though the whelan family says it s absolutely good that brittney griner has been freed. in his fake outrage, the former president went so far as to say that whelan, quote, would have been let out for the asking, and quote. now, if that were true. if we just ask you get paul whelan out, why didn t donald trump do that in 2018? or in 2019? or in 2020, while he was actually still the president of the united states? are there any republicans who are so ostensibly angry that putin seems to have gotten one over on america sorry that they put their arms around one of putin s operatives? joining us now, michael mcfaul, served as the u.s. ambassador of the states to russia in 2014. he is an msnbc international affairs contributor. it s good to see you. tonight one, we re so grateful and happy that britney griner
To push vladimir putin s agenda for crimes related to the 2016 election. she is now a member of the russian politics and a commentator on russian television. here s what she had to say about the prisoner exchange that brought britney griner home. [speaking non-english] [speaking non-english] now if you ve been paying attention to the republican reaction to the deal that was made to secure the release of britney griner from russia, you may have noticed a theme. disingenuous performative outrage. outrage that brittney griner was freed but the former marine, paul whelan who s been in prison for in russia since 2018 was not. even though the biden administration said whelan wasn t an option. even though he just republican russian republican infiltrator
That brought britney griner home. [speaking non-english] [speaking non-english] now if you ve been paying attention to the republican reaction to the deal that was made to secure the release of britney griner from russia, you may have noticed a theme. disingenuous performative outrage. outrage that brittney griner was freed but the former marine, paul whelan who s been in prison for in russia since 2018 was not. even though the biden administration said whelan wasn t an option. even though he just republican russian republican infiltrator marina butina confirm, quote, it was our choice to exchange whelan. even though the whelan family says it s absolutely good that