{"id":1557464,"date":"2022-07-16T07:46:51","date_gmt":"2022-07-16T11:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1557464"},"modified":"2022-07-16T07:49:58","modified_gmt":"2022-07-16T11:49:58","slug":"ufc-veteran-tim-kennedy-slams-brittney-griners-anti-american-stance-while-shes-jailed-in-russia-has-words-for-lebron-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ufc-veteran-tim-kennedy-slams-brittney-griners-anti-american-stance-while-shes-jailed-in-russia-has-words-for-lebron-james\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Veteran Tim Kennedy Slams Brittney Griner\u2019s Anti-American Stance While She\u2019s Jailed in Russia, Has Words for Lebron James"},"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\">38<\/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%2Fufc-veteran-tim-kennedy-slams-brittney-griners-anti-american-stance-while-shes-jailed-in-russia-has-words-for-lebron-james%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=1557464&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--><p>Former UFC fighter and military veteran Tim Kennedy does not have much sympathy for WNBA star Brittney Griner who is currently jailed in Russia and on trial for drug possession.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2270\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2270\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2270\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tim Kennedy via Live Relentless<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The progressive sports world has been in a riot over Griner who is currently jailed in Russia for possessing cannabis. The WNBA star recently pleaded with the Biden Administration, which she voted for in 2020, to negotiate her release.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after sending President Biden a letter she pleaded guilty to the charges, \u201cI\u2019d like to plead guilty, your honor. But there was no intent. I didn\u2019t want to break the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2238\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2238\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2238\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.14-09.38-themixnet-62d08cbd2e526.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1215\" height=\"662\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2238\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittney Griner via ESPN YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Former UFC fighter Tim Kennedy called out the basketball star\u2019s behavior as both \u201cironic\u201d and \u201cdespicable\u201d given past comments that Griner has made about the United States of America.<\/p>\n<p>Tim Kennedy believes it is contradictory for Griner to request the help and backing of the U.S. government after she was one of the many athletes, especially in the WNBA who protested the national anthem during the 2020 summer riots in the wake of George Floyd\u2019s death by a Minnesota Police Officer.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2288\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2288\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2288\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.15-02.42-themixnet-62d17cbe8258b.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1121\" height=\"496\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2288\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittney Griner via Basketball Box W YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/sports\/wnba\/mercury\/2020\/07\/27\/mercurys-brittney-griner-will-not-be-on-court-for-national-anthem-this-season\/5518399002\/?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&#038;cid=twitter_azcsports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Back in July 2020<\/a>, Griner stated, \u201cI honestly feel we should not play the National Anthem during our season I think we should take that much of a stand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She explained, \u201cI don\u2019t mean that in any disrespect to our country. My dad was in Vietnam and a law officer for 30 years. I wanted to be a cop before basketball. I do have pride for my country.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-signup inarticle\">\n<h4>Subscribe and get our daily emails and follow us on social media.<\/h4>\n<div class=\"terms-privacy\">\n<p>By opting in, you agree to receive emails from TheMix.net. Your information will not be shared with or sold to 3rd parties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>She further detailed the measures she was willing to take to protest, \u201cI\u2019m not going to be out there for the National Anthem. If the league continues to want to play it, that\u2019s fine. It will be all season long, I\u2019ll not be out there. I feel like more are going to probably do the same thing. I can only speak for myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At one point, entire WNBA teams refused to come out for the US National Anthem and opted to stay in the locker room until the song was over as a form of protest.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-block full\">\n[embedded content]\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cDo you remember that time that you were protesting your own government and even requesting that the National Anthem not be played at your games then going back to this same government and pleading that they intervene on your behalf to get you out of a Russian prison after you illegally brought drugs into their country,\u201d Kennedy wrote on Instagram. \u201cDoes not get more ironic than this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy stated that he does not believe Griner should serve an estimated 10 years in prison for possession but remains strong about the progressive sports world reaction to this story.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven with her despicable behavior, I do believe that every American is worth fighting for even those that hate their own country,\u201d he concluded his post.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2279\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2279\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2279\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.15-02.42-themixnet-62d17cc22e4e5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"510\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2279\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tim Kennedy On Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Speaking of anti-American basketball stars, Lebron James commented on the situation with Griner and claimed that she might want to reconsider returning home to the United States because of the racism of the US.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, how can she feel like America has her back? I would be feeling like, \u2018Do I even want to go back to America?\u2019\u201d James said in a clip promoting HBO\u2019s The Shop.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-block full\">\n[embedded content]\n<\/div>\n<p>James immediately backtracked on his statement. \u201cMy comments on \u2018The Shop\u2019 regarding Brittney Griner wasn\u2019t knocking our beautiful country,\u201d James posted to Twitter. \u201cI was simply saying how she\u2019s probably feeling emotionally along with so many other emotions, thoughts, etc inside that cage she\u2019s been in for over 100+ days! Long story short #BringHerHome\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2162\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2162\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2162\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.13-04.48-themixnet-62cef74fc83c0.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"510\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2162\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: KingJames Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kennedy responded to Lebron\u2019s comments by stating \u201cPerhaps we send him to Russia for a few months\u2026. ???\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2289\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2289\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2289\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.15-02.42-themixnet-62d17cc3380d5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"948\" height=\"618\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2289\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tim Kennedy on Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Griner has been held in Russian custody since February of this year after she was found with a cannabis vape cartridge, which is illegal in Russia. During the second hearing of her trial last week, Griner pleaded guilty to a drug charge in a Russian court but denied she had intentionally broken the law.<\/p>\n<p>There is unlikely to be an immediate resolution to Griner\u2019s arrest as the United States under Biden\u2019s leadership continues to fund the war efforts of Ukraine and sanction Russia in the wake of their conflict. Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov said Thursday that the US president\u2019s attempts to make public noise about the case are not helping Griner\u2019s case.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2290\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2290\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2290\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.15-02.42-themixnet-62d17cc505ff3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1121\" height=\"563\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2290\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittney Griner via Basketball Box W YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What are your thoughts on the WNBA star being jailed in Russia?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC fighter and military veteran Tim Kennedy does not have much sympathy for WNBA star Brittney Griner who is currently jailed in Russia and on trial for drug possession.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1573980,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1557464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1557464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1557464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1557464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1573980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1557464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1557464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1557464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}