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Meanwhile, Elizabeth Whelan called for unity in the face of adversity and refused to let critics tarnish their shared goal of returning the detainees home. She rejects the idea that Brittney was released because she was more important. And she insists these critics are playing right into Putin's Hands?

Elizabeth Whelan acknowledged that there will always be people who seek to turn this into a partisan issue. She asks that people show empathy. And says that no one should   judge unless they have experienced the same reality as the Griners. 

There are wrongfully detained Americans held all over the world. They for all practical purposes “prisoners of war.” 

In today’s world political divisions often cloud human rights issues and divide people. But for the families of the detained: Black, White, Straight, Gay, Republican, and Democrat alike, they remain overwhelmingly united.