“You want to see Brittney Griner come home? Or Trevor Reed or Paul Whelan or any of the other 50 hostages? I would suggest calling the White House every day and telling them you want President Biden to prioritize the repatriation of wrongfully detained American citizens.”
Franks also says that Griner’s family should speak out more. And so should the WNBA. “There’s a difficult choice to make about whether to speak or not to but shine a light,” he says.
“If it were my loved one, my answer would be to shine a light. Every time. People that do wrongful detention are oddly sensitive to bad headlines.”
