Brittney Griner had quite an eventful 2022. She was arrested in February 2022 and spent 294 days in prison. During this time, she was the name on everyone’s lips. Even the deal that led to her release has become subject to extensive debate. Popular comedian Andrew Schulz, who is known for his political jokes recently gave his two cents and he certainly wasn’t pleased with the deal.

Talking on The Flagrant Podcast along with fellow comedian Akaash Singh, Schulz blasted the swap deal while accusing the officials of carrying out this deal only to earn some brownie points among a host of other things.

Popular comedian bashes the Brittney Griner prisoner swap deal

Phoenix Mercury superstar Brittney Griner cannot seem to catch a break. After spending around 300 days in prison, she was finally released from prison thanks to a prisoner swap deal with Russia. The prisoner swap deal involved Griner and Viktor Bout, known as the ‘Merchant of Death’ which does not sit well with a huge chunk of people.

Andrew Schulz happens to be one of them. On a recent podcast, he delved into the details of the deal while criticizing the administration for carrying out this deal just to please a vote bank.

Schulz said during a podcast, “I don’t like the idea that we are gonna trade this ‘Merchant of Death’, a guy who is responsible for probably tens and thousands of deaths and (like) destabilization around the world which we are also responsible for. But it doesn’t exactly feel like a fair trade. And if you are doing it just to get a PC pat on the back. It feels a little gross, right?”

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He is not the first person to question the deal. Numerous people around the world have questioned whether trading a criminal like Bout for Griner was a good deal or not. In fact, Biden received internal opposition to this deal prior to giving it his approval.

The Griner swap deal received internal as well as external pressure

The Joe Biden administration negotiated a swap deal with Russia for months. Considering the complexity of the case, the talks were long and hard. Moreover, he also faced a lot of internal opposition in addition to pressure from his political rivals according to reports.

Despite pressure from all sides, the government went ahead with the deal. After spending months in prison, Griner was finally back in the United States of America on the 8th of December, 2022.

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