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The Olympic gold medalist and equal pay activist wore her feelings on her lapel- demanding fellow Olympic athlete and WNBA star, Brittney Griner, be brought out of detention in Russia.<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rapinoe posted an Instagram story that she\u2019d chosen a cream suit jacket with the basketball player\u2019s initials and a flower sewn into the lapel.<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stories\/mrapinoe\/2877209898883344067\/\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stories\/mrapinoe\/2877209898883344067\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe most important part of today,\u201d Rapinoe captioned the photo, adding: \u201cBG we love you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"717\" height=\"787\" data-attachment-id=\"1171185\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.washingtoninformer.com\/soccer-star-megan-rapinoe-wears-support-for-brittney-griner-at-white-house\/07072022-rapinoe-lapel-crop-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.washingtoninformer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/07072022-rapinoe-lapel-crop-1.jpg?fit=717%2C787&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"717,787\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS R3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1657206550&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;280&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;4000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"07072022-rapinoe-lapel-crop-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.washingtoninformer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/07072022-rapinoe-lapel-crop-1.jpg?fit=273%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.washingtoninformer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/07072022-rapinoe-lapel-crop-1.jpg?fit=717%2C787&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.washingtoninformer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/07072022-rapinoe-lapel-crop-1.jpg?resize=717%2C787&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1171185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.washingtoninformer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/07072022-rapinoe-lapel-crop-1.jpg?w=717&amp;ssl=1 717w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.washingtoninformer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/07072022-rapinoe-lapel-crop-1.jpg?resize=273%2C300&amp;ssl=1 273w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.washingtoninformer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/07072022-rapinoe-lapel-crop-1.jpg?resize=137%2C150&amp;ssl=1 137w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.washingtoninformer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/07072022-rapinoe-lapel-crop-1.jpg?resize=400%2C439&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.washingtoninformer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/07072022-rapinoe-lapel-crop-1.jpg?resize=706%2C775&amp;ssl=1 706w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.washingtoninformer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/07072022-rapinoe-lapel-crop-1.jpg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Phoenix Mercury center was playing in Russia for UMMC Yekaterinburg in the Russian Women\u2019s Basketball Premier League during the WNBA\u2019s off-season when she was arrested Feb. 17, and has been detained since. Griner pleaded guilty earlier Thursday in a Russian court to drug charges, and could be sentenced to 10 years in prison.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Griner was arrested at the Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow when vape canisters containing cannabis oil were allegedly found in her luggage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both the State Department and the White House have decried the arrest and insist that Griner is wrongfully detained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Women\u2019s soccer team captain Megan Rapinoe took her shot as one of 17 Americans awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House to call attention to the detention of Brittney Griner. 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