Today: Rumors about Brittney Griner, the royal family, Obama's Secret Service agent, and ceiling fan rotation

Brittney Griner Once Protested the National Anthem

After WNBA star Brittney Griner was convicted of smuggling at a drug trial and sentenced to nine years in the Russian prison system, some conservative personalities used her sentence to point out a remark made by Griner two years prior.

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