Brittney Griner has launched her first assertion since being launched from a Russian penal colony in a prisoner swap for convicted arms seller Viktor Bout.
The WNBA star thanked the Biden Administration, and mentioned she is aware of the White Home is ‘dedicated’ to bringing house former US Marine Paul Whelan, who stays incarcerated in Russia.
‘It feels so good to be house!’ Griner wrote on Instagram. ‘The final 10 months have been a battle at each flip. I dug deep to maintain my religion and it was the love from so a lot of you that helped hold me going. From the underside of my coronary heart, thanks to everybody on your assist.’
Brittney Griner has launched her first assertion since being launched from a Russian penal colony in a prisoner swap for convicted arms seller Viktor Bout
‘I’m grateful to every one that advocated for me, particularly my spouse, Cherelle Griner, my household, [my agents] Lindsay Kagawa Colas and Casey Wasserman and my entire workforce at Wasserman, [Phoenix Mercury president] Vince Kozar and the Phoenix Mercury, the gamers of the WNBA, and my total WNBA household, Terri Jackson and the WNBPA workers, my Russian authorized workforce Maria Blagovolina and Alex Boykov, the leaders, activists, and grassroots organizations, Gov. Richardson and Mickey Bergman of the Richardson Middle, the Convey Our Households Dwelling Marketing campaign, Roger Carstens and the SPEHA workforce, and naturally, a particular thanks to President Biden, Vice President Harris, Secretary Blinken and the whole Biden-Harris Administration.
‘President Biden, you introduced me house and I do know you’re dedicated to bringing Paul Whelan and all People house too. I’ll use my platform to do no matter I can that can assist you. I additionally encourage everybody that performed an element in bringing me house to proceed their efforts to carry all People house. Each household deserves to be entire.
‘As I transition house to benefit from the holidays with my household, I need to acknowledge and thank the whole PISA workers and medical workforce on the San Antonio Fort Hood Base. I respect the time and care to ensure I used to be okay and geared up with the instruments for this new journey. I additionally need to make one factor very clear: I intend to play basketball for the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury this season, and in doing so, I sit up for with the ability to say ‘thanks’ to these of you who advocated, wrote, and posted for me in particular person quickly.’
