Joe Biden has made an awful trade, choosing to free an arms dealer nicknamed “the Merchant of Death” for a mediocre WNBA player.

If you’re wondering who Victor Bout is, watch this. Also contemplate this, can the United States ever keep a Russian behind bars now that Putin knows the trades we will make if he takes one of our citizens prisoner? pic.twitter.com/f6OzelB1bc

— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) December 8, 2022

There’s pushback and it’s encouraging.

GOP rips Brittney Griner deal for stranding Paul Whelan in Russia: ‘Celebrities over veterans?’ https://t.co/mo7lY9dyMh

— Fox News (@FoxNews) December 8, 2022

You may recall Viktor Bout’s story from one of the better Nic Cage movies.

The idiot teachers’ union head who kept your kids out of school only sees that Griner is a lesbian, by the way.

The school union head imbecile who fought to ensure your kids stayed out of school for years just said the quiet part out loud. The reason Joe Biden made this awful trade is because Griner is gay & black and his identity politics obsessed left wing base demanded it. https://t.co/YhK56v82tI

— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) December 8, 2022

Meanwhile, a U.S. Marine is still being held on totally bogus charges. His name is Paul Whelan — and yes, his family says they support freeing Griner, but what else are they gonna say?

Paul Whelan tells CNN: “I am greatly disappointed more hasn’t been done to secure my release, especially as the four year anniversary of my arrest is coming up. I was arrested for a crime that never occurred. I don’t understand why I’m still sitting here.”https://t.co/6KMof1iQLl

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) December 8, 2022

About the best you can say about this trade is it’s not as bad as Barack Obama trading five terrorists — some of whom are now running the terrorist state of Afghanistan — for an Army deserter.

Deja Vu all over again. #BritneyGriner #BeauBergdahl pic.twitter.com/bJXfaamlbh

— Smart Cookie (@SmartCookieAZ) December 8, 2022

This is about — at its core — this woman is an American citizen. All this other stuff that leftists are bringing up should not factor into the thinking of the U.S. government at all.

“You can’t allow… a black female icon treated like garbage & America do nothing about it.” -Van Jones on Britney Griner.

Again, bizarre. Why is her race or gender relevant?

I’m glad she’s free, but we still have a Marine captive. He’s less important because he’s a white guy? pic.twitter.com/xvz5vorL9f

— Jason Rantz on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) December 8, 2022

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