Kamala Harris called a hypocrite for condemning Griner Jail Sentence despite marijuana lockups as AG

A few days ago, a Russian court has sentenced US basketball star Brittney Griner to nine years in prison on drug charges.

The double Olympic winner admitted possession of cannabis oil. But Griner also said she had been prescribed the oil to help relieve pain related to her chronic injuries and had accidentally packed them in her luggage.

The court near Moscow convicted Griner of smuggling and possessing narcotics. The prosecution had sought a nine-and-a-half-year jail term.

Reading the verdict the presiding judge said she had taken into account the fact that Griner had been detained for a substantial amount of time.

Griner’s defense team said they would appeal against the verdict.

Griner was detained early this February at an airport near Moscow when vape cartridges containing cannabis oil were discovered in her luggage.

Griner had traveled to Russia to play club basketball during the US off-season.

Griner’s case has become subject to high-profile diplomacy between the US and Russia after Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine.

The US and Russia have even discussed the possibility of  a potential prisoner swap that could involve the basketball player and Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout who is imprisoned in the US.

Responding to the sentencing, Joe Biden called the sentencing "unacceptable".

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said: "Russia, and any country engaging in wrongful detention, represents a threat to the safety of everyone traveling, working, and living abroad."

Vice President Kamala Harris took to Twitter to condemn Griner’s conviction.

https://twitter.com/VP/status/1555252727898406912

Some on social media noted the dual standards in Harris’s utterances and her past actions.

The 9-year sentence that Griner was given is almost identical to most of the criminal sentences Kamala Harris got people for similar offenses

https://twitter.com/TimRunsHisMouth/status/1555228247536844805

Former US Congresswoman and Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard also blasted Harris for her hypocrisy in defending Brittney Griner but not standing up for Americans locked up at home for marijuana violations – including those who were prosecuted by the former California attorney general.

Gabbard also questioned the Biden administration

"Where is your outrage for your fellow Americans who are sitting in prison today here in the United States of America because of minor marijuana violations? How come you are not fighting as hard for them to be returned home and reunited with their families as you are for Brittney Griner."

A bit about Harris’s record.

Harris as San Francisco’s district attorney and California’s attorney general oversaw thousands of marijuana-related prosecutions and was an outspoken critic of pot legalization, as the Daily Mail first reported.

The San Jose Mercury News reported in 2019 that Harris oversaw more than 1,900 marijuana convictions – including a few dozen who were put in prison – when she was San Francisco's top prosecutor between 2004-2010.

An investigation by the Washington Free Beacon revealed that Harris as California’s attorney general had locked up around 1,970 individuals for marijuana offenses.

Harris was also a staunch opponent of California’s marijuana legalization ballot initiative, which ultimately passed in 2016.

However, in 2018, Harris had a change of heart, she not only supported the legalization of cannabis but also endorsed a bill that would have removed cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act. 

Harris also wrote a book in which she argued for the decriminalization of cannabis. Yes, you read that correctly, the very individual who struggles to construct a few sentences and land into word salads actually wrote a book.

During an interview in February 2019 with The Breakfast Club, a morning radio show about Black culture, Harris said she smoked marijuana when she was in college.

Beyond marijuana, the Democrats have displayed themselves to be hypocrites of the highest order.

They demand a ban on guns and even want to confiscate guns of law-abiding citizens, however, they are always surrounded by armed bodyguards during public events. The office and personal properties are protected by armed bodyguards.

They oppose border walls but have walls around their properties. Following the January 6th protests, they demanded that a makeshift barrier be erected around the Capitol Hill building.

They are proponents of the 'defund the police', but demand protection from law enforcement after the January 6th protests.

They are advocates for open borders and claim everyone entering the US must be welcomed irrespective of the legality of their immigration status. However, when the migrants end up at their doorstep, their attitude changes.

They demand sacrifices from regular people to combat climate change while they travel to climate conferences in private jets.

Harris's stand on marijuana is just another instance of Democrat dual standards.

True believers while faulted for being wrong at least receive some respect for practicing what they preach.

With the Democrats and their relentless hypocrisy, it is hard to tell what they really stand for or what they actually believe in.

You may see them talk, smile, shake hands and behave like human beings but dig deeper and you discover endless dark voids within.

They merely say and act based on the orders of the Washington Democrat establishment which itself is controlled by lobbyists and big donors.

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