Dallas Cowboys Player Rips Deal Bringing Brittney Griner Home – Then Apologizes for Tweeting ‘Out of Emotion’

Dallas Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons is issuing an apology after he criticized the deal that led to WNBA player 🏀Brittney griner’s release from Russian custody.

In exchange, the U.S. released convicted arms deal Viktor Bout.

But several Twitter users criticized the deal as they noted that retired U.S. Marine Paul Whelan has been detained in Russia since 2018.

Parsons tweeted, “Wait nah!! We left a marine?!! Hell nah.”

He later clarified his tweet was “no shot at 🏀Brittney griner.”

“I’m super happy she’s back home as she should be. I just have family who have served and it’s crazy to me the President wouldn’t bring him home too,” Parsons explained. “I’m the furthest thing from a trump supporter but I’m not a fan of Biden either.”

In a follow-up tweet about a half hour later, the football player apologized for his initial tweets.

“Just spoke to some people that I respect and trust. I should have been more educated on the topic and not tweeted out of emotion for my family and other who have served. For that I apologize,” Parsons wrote.

He continued, “Also if what I’m told about the attempts to bring Ret Marine Paul Whelan home are true then the best outcome was accomplished.”