Britney Griner released 12-08-2022

The point is if (hypothetically) Patrisse Cullors and Salvatore Giunta were both in custody of a foreign power... the US should do everything within reason to bring both home. NEITHER is in any way less important to bring home or deserving of the efforts exerted to do so, PERIOD.

However, the nation holding them is going to want different things for each, and those things are not going to be equal. So if Cullors is brought home in a prisoner swap and Giunta left in custody, that is not our government valuing one over the other.

Nor should we see the return of Cullors as any less a positive than the return of Giunta would be, or view it as one coming home at the expense of the other.