While many people were happy to see Brittney Griner back in the country, 

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there was also plenty of criticism from others who were angry that 

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the country and President Joe Biden swapped Griner for a convicted Russian 

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arms dealer while keeping former Marine Paul Whelan detained in Russia. 

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Some of those people have now made their outrage public.

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Julie O'Donoghue of The Louisiana Illuminator reports that 

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the Louisiana Republican Party has publicly denounced the 

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prisoner deal that released Brittney Griner.

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"A voice vote to denounce the Griner conversation was approved by GOP 

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committee members at their quarterly meeting in Lafayette. 

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Once a reference to Griner being a "awake" gay woman was deleted from the 

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statement, no members objected to it, O'Donoghue said in The Louisiana Illuminator.

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