Kamala Harris (Vice-President) is a hypocrite and is in full virtue signal mode after condemning Russia for sending Brittney Griner (WNBA All-Star) to nine plus years imprisonment for drug possession.
As the district attorney for San Francisco, Harris was the bane of marijuana users. Harris was responsible for the imprisonment of 1,900 marijuana users. Now all of a sudden, with her higher profile as VP, Harris has done a 180 with her opposition to a black, lesbian basketball player’s cannabis conviction. If it weren’t for double standards, leftists like Harris would have no standards at all.
Arrested in Moscow last February and detained in a Russian jail since then, Griner received her sentence on Thursday. Griner was arrested for trying to board a plane carrying cannabis vape cartridges. Griner, who plays for the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury and for a team in Russia, has been the frequent subject of prisoner trade negotiations between the U.S. and Russia. The sentencing hearing can be appealed by Griner in nine days.
Harris denounced the sentencing on her Twitter account: “With today’s sentencing, Russia continues its wrongful detention of Brittney Griner. Sher should be released immediately.” The VP also said she and President Joe Biden “are working every day to reunite Brittney, as well as Paul Whelan, with loved ones who miss each of them dearly.”
The vice-president was quickly ridiculed by Twitter commenters for her hypocrisy. The Mercury News confirmed that former San Francisco DA Harris oversaw more than 1,900 marijuana convictions. She also found that her office convicted more people for marijuana offenses than the one she replaced. A 2019 investigation by the Washington Free Beacon resulted in the finding that from 2011-2016, California Attorney General Harris sent 1,560 marijuana users to the state pen.
Harris opposed a state proposition to legalize marijuana in 2010. In fact, she co-wrote an opposition argument in a state voter guide. Harris was also the AG and authorized air searches of marijuana fields, raids on without warrants.
In 2018 Harris became a presidential candidate … and flipped to proponent for legalizing marijuana. Hey, whatever’s politically expedient.
While the Biden Administration had assumed that Griner is wrongfully held, Griner rebutted that claim with her plea of guilt.
Terri Carmichael Jackson, executive director of the WBNA players’ union, said, “Today’s verdict and sentence, while inevitable, is disappointing. Today’s unjust decision is just that, it is unfair. It is a terrible blow.”
Former Preside t Donald Trump said of Griner, “She went in there loaded up with drugs, into a hostile territory and they are very vigilant with drugs. … And now we’re supposed to get her out for an absolute killer? This was the largest arms dealer in the entire world. Killed many people, many Americans, and he’s going to get a free card and we’re going to get her out.”
That’s exactly what VP Harris and her boss want, because now she’s enlightened about marijuana users. Especially if they can attract black, lesbian voters.
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