{"id":1541036,"date":"2022-07-06T08:37:37","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T12:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1541036"},"modified":"2022-07-06T08:37:55","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T12:37:55","slug":"wnba-star-brittney-griners-wife-laments-bidens-disheartening-silence-on-russian-imprisonment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wnba-star-brittney-griners-wife-laments-bidens-disheartening-silence-on-russian-imprisonment\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA Star Brittney Griner\u2019s Wife Laments Biden\u2019s \u201cDisheartening\u201d Silence on Russian Imprisonment"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwnba-star-brittney-griners-wife-laments-bidens-disheartening-silence-on-russian-imprisonment%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1541036&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"speechkit-wrapper\" class=\"speechkit-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">WNBA star Brittney Griner is pleading her case to President Biden, asking if the U.S. can intervene and liberate her from her long-standing Russian detainment amid fears that she may be imprisoned &#8220;forever.&#8221; In recent weeks, Griner&#8217;s wife Cherelle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/brittney-griners-wife-biden-wnba-release-russian-detainment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">broke her silence<\/a> as well, calling for the Biden White House to step up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">&#8220;It kills me every time that I write to her, and she&#8217;s asking \u2018Have you met with him yet?\u2019 And I have to say no,&#8221; she told &#8220;CBS Mornings&#8221; host Gayle King about her wife, who has been held in Russia after being arrested allegedly for possession of cannabis.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m sure she&#8217;s like, \u2018I\u2019m going to write him and ask now because my family has tried to no avail, so I&#8217;m going to do it myself.'&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cherelle Griner said Biden&#8217;s silent response to her wife&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/brittney-griner-white-house-americans-russia-home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">handwritten letter<\/a> is &#8220;very disheartening.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/brittney-griner-family-biden-administration-wnba-safe-return\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>BRITTNEY GRINER&#8217;S FAMILY CALLS ON BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO HELP WNBA STAR&#8217;S SAFE RETURN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/640\/320\/Brittney-Griner18.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Brittney Griner of the Mercury celebrates during the WNBA Finals on Oct. 13, 2021, at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Brittney Griner of the Mercury celebrates during the WNBA Finals on Oct. 13, 2021, at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Barry Gossage\/NBAE via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I still have not heard from him,&#8221; she lamented following an urgent spiel about calling government attention to her wife&#8217;s detainment.<\/p>\n<p>Cherelle, who wed Griner in 2017, said she has been silent for a majority of her detainment but decided to make her voice heard after realizing her silence produced no progress.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/brittney-griner-biden-harris-russia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>BRITTNEY GRINER&#8217;S AGENT CALLS ON BIDEN, HARRIS TO \u2018DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO BRING\u2019 WNBA STAR HOME FROM RUSSIA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everything about this is a calculation for me because I have to walk the fine line of harm versus help when it comes to my wife right now,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Initially, I was told we&#8217;re going to try to handle this behind scenes, so let&#8217;s not raise her value and stay quiet. You know, I did that, and, respectfully, we&#8217;re over 140 days in at this point and that does not work, so I will not be quiet anymore.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/640\/320\/Brittney-Griner2.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"A young Mercury fan holds up a sign during the Las Vegas Aces game, May 6, 2022, in Phoenix.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      A young Mercury fan holds up a sign during the Las Vegas Aces game, May 6, 2022, in Phoenix.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP Photo\/Darryl Webb)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The WNBA star, who received backlash for her opposition to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/wnba-players-call-league-stop-playing-national-anthem-before-games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">playing the national anthem<\/a> at basketball games, has a patriotic side, according to Cherelle, and she decided to write to Biden on the Fourth of July for that reason.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She cherishes the Fourth of July. Her dad fought in the Vietnam War\u2026 B.G. loves that and so she cherishes this holiday, and she uses it as a day to honor his service and freedom, so I know that it&#8217;s killing her that she wasn&#8217;t able to do her annual fireworks show and put chairs on the lawn for all of us to sit down and really give him the respect due.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cherelle continued stressing Griner&#8217;s appreciation for America, saying she has repeatedly stated that she would enlist in the military if she were not a basketball player.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&#038;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&#038;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Russian Federal Customs Service charged Griner with large-scale transportation of drugs after arresting her at a Moscow airport in February, a charge that Cherelle says &#8220;blew [her] mind&#8221; and that she knew the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/wnba-brittney-griner-russia-americans-false-charges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">allegations were false<\/a> as soon as she heard them.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Taylor Penley is a production assistant with Fox News.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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