Actor Kevin Sorbo threw back an argument for gun control to criticize Joe Biden who “willingly freed” an “incredibly dangerous arms dealer” in exchange for a basketball star Brittney Griner, who has been detained in Russia on drug charges.
In fact, US defense officials acknowledged their worry that Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout — known as the “Merchant of Death,” — would return to his former ways after he was released in a prisoner swap.
With this, the 64-year-old actor tweeted to his 1.4 million followers after Biden released a notorious Russian weapons dealer who could potentially do more harm to America.
“I don’t want to hear anything about gun control from the left after they willingly freed an incredibly dangerous arms dealer.”
I don’t want to hear anything about gun control from the left after they willingly freed an incredibly dangerous arms dealer.
— Kevin Sorbo (@ksorbs) December 9, 2022
Bout had been serving a 25-year prison sentence in the U.S. In April 2012, he was found guilty of conspiring to kill Americans and U.S. officials, acquiring and exporting anti-aircraft missiles, and aiding a terrorist organization.
For his illegal weapons exploits, the notorious criminal earned the moniker “Merchant of Death,” inspiring the Hollywood film Lord of War, starring Nic Cage.
The “God’s Not Dead” star wasn’t the only person who slammed the administration’s trade of Griner, who has a criminal record in the U.S. from a domestic violence incident a few years back.
Fox Business analyst Dagen McDowell tweeted:
“The US releases arms dealer Viktor Bout to Russia in exchange for Brittney Griner. ‘You’d be hard-pressed to find a man with more blood on his hands,’ says Chris Swecker, former head of the FBI’s criminal div. A former intel operative for Putin, Bout now resumes that career.”
The US releases arms dealer Viktor Bout to Russia in exchange for Brittney Griner. “You’d be hard-pressed to find a man with more blood on his hands,” says Chris Swecker, former head of the FBI’s criminal div. A former intell operative for Putin, Bout now resumes that career.
— Dagen McDowell (@dagenmcdowell) December 8, 2022
The Daily Wire features more shocking reactions to Biden’s swap of prisoners:
OutKick’s Clay Travis said the prison swap has now set a “precedent” that would “endanger” Americans overseas.
Brittney Griner and Viktor Bout’s prison swap has set a dangerous precedent for Americans overseas.
Bad actors all over the world can now imprison mildly famous Americans in their countries hoping to free real criminals from American prisons.@ClayTravis breaks it down pic.twitter.com/MokLHnfeEd
— OutKick (@Outkick) December 8, 2022
Others slammed Biden for a trade that did not include the release of U.S. Marine veteran Paul Whelan, who remains in a Russian jail cell.
“Help me wrap my mind around this Griner-for-Death trade,” The Blaze’s Jason Whitlock tweeted. “Feels like one of the lowest points in US foreign policy history? Or am I exaggerating? Give me some perspective. What compares? Bay of BIG 2.0?”
Help me wrap my mind around this Griner-for-Death trade. Feels like one of the lowest points in US foreign policy history? Or am I exaggerating? Give me some perspective. What compares? Bay of BIG 2.0?
— Jason Whitlock (@WhitlockJason) December 8, 2022
Conservative radio host Dana Loesch wrote, “Biden sure does have a habit of leaving Marines behind,” harkening back to the Biden administration’s “botched” withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Biden sure does have a habit of leaving Marines behind.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) December 8, 2022
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