{"id":1935442,"date":"2023-05-22T04:41:03","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T08:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-definitely-want-to-stand-brittney-griner-sees-u-s-flag-and-anthem-differently-after-russian-imprisonment\/"},"modified":"2023-05-22T04:42:19","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T08:42:19","slug":"i-definitely-want-to-stand-brittney-griner-sees-u-s-flag-and-anthem-differently-after-russian-imprisonment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-definitely-want-to-stand-brittney-griner-sees-u-s-flag-and-anthem-differently-after-russian-imprisonment\/","title":{"rendered":"Brittney Griner&#8217;s Perspective on US Flag and Anthem Shifts After Russian Imprisonment"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Fi-definitely-want-to-stand-brittney-griner-sees-u-s-flag-and-anthem-differently-after-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=1935442&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--><h2>WNBA Star Brittney Griner&#8217;s Time in Russian Prison Changes Her Perspective on National Anthem<\/h2>\n<h3>Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner has had a change of heart regarding the American flag and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-womens-soccer-team-kneels-for-anthem-wears-black-lives-matter\/\" title=\"US Women's Soccer Team Kneels for Anthem, Wears 'Black Lives Matter'\">national anthem<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<p>After spending almost ten months in a Russian prison for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/msnbc-finds-way-to-complain-about-racism-while-celebrating-brittney-griner-being-freed\/\" title=\"MSNBC Finds Way to Complain About Racism While Celebrating Brittney Griner Being Freed\">carrying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-sheila-jackson-lee-demands-russia-release-wnba-player-brittney-griner\/\" title=\"Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Demands Russia Release WNBA Player Brittney Griner\">cannabis oil<\/a><\/a> in vape canisters, Griner returned to the United States with a newfound appreciation for her country&#8217;s symbols. She now plans to stand for the national anthem during games.<\/p>\n<p>Griner had previously refused to stand for the anthem in 2020, but her time in prison has given her a different perspective. She believes that while everyone has the right to protest, she personally wants to show respect for her country and its symbols.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Griner was caught with cannabis oil in vape canisters at Moscow&#8217;s Sheremetyevo Airport in February 2022.<\/li>\n<li>She was imprisoned for almost ten months before being released in a trade for convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.<\/li>\n<li>Griner had previously refused to stand for the national anthem in 2020.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Griner&#8217;s experience in prison has also given her a new appreciation for life and the small moments that make it special. She now understands that tomorrow is not guaranteed and wants to make the most of every day.<\/p>\n<p>While Griner plans to stand for the national anthem, she fully supports those who choose to protest in their own way. She believes that everyone has the right to speak out and challenge the status quo in this great country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WNBA player Brittney Griner has changed her stance on the American flag and national anthem after spending time in a Russian prison. She had previously promised to protest the pregame anthem in 2020, but now says she is ready to stand. Griner, who plays for the Phoenix Mercury, spent almost ten months in a Russian prison.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":1935443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[6116,6887,6867,6934,27043,16617,3965,17215],"class_list":["post-1935442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-anthem","tag-brittney","tag-flag","tag-griners","tag-imprisonment","tag-perspective","tag-russian","tag-shifts"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1935442","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\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1935442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1935442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1935443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1935442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1935442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1935442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}