Democrat Senator Chris Van Hollen confirmed on Sunday that hardworking American taxpayers funded his journey to El Salvador so he may meet with an alleged MS-13 gang member at the moment held on the CECOT jail.
Final week Van Hollen met with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a spouse beater and alleged MS-13 gang banger who was deported for illegally residing in Maryland – and YOU paid for his political stunt.
Fox Information anchor Shannon Bream requested Van Hollen, “Who did pay for this journey?”
“This was an formally cleared congressional journey – cleared on a bipartisan foundation,” Van Hollen stated.
“So taxpayer {dollars}?” Shannon Bream requested.
“Sure, like each different journey,” Van Hollen stated.
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@ChrisVanHollen confirms taxpayers paid for him to fly to El Salvador and sip margaritas with a deported unlawful immigrant MS-13 gang member pic.twitter.com/xByXzeRoYi
— Fast Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) April 20, 2025
On Wednesday, the corrupt Maryland Senator flew all the best way to El Salvador for a photograph op in his combat to smuggle deported MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia again to the US.
“I simply landed in San Salvador a short while in the past, and I sit up for assembly with the group on the U.S. embassy to debate the discharge of Mr. Abrego Garcia,” Van Hollen stated.
“I additionally hope to satisfy with Salvadoran officers and with Kilmar himself. He was illegally kidnapped and wishes to come back house,” he added.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is now house in his native nation of El Salvador and Van Hollen tried to truly take him out of his house nation and smuggle him over the US border.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is an El Salvadorian nationwide who was illegally residing in Maryland. In 2019, an immigration decide ordered Abrego Garcia, an alleged member of the harmful MS-13 gang, faraway from the US. Moreover, an immigration appellate court docket additionally upheld the immigration decide’s determination. Abrego Garcia was given ‘due course of.’
However this wasn’t adequate for Van Hollen.
On Thursday, after he was denied entry into the CECOT jail, Van Hollen met with Abrego Garcia.
“I stated my predominant purpose of this journey was to satisfy with Kilmar. Tonight I had that likelihood. I’ve known as his spouse, Jennifer, to move alongside his message of affection. I sit up for offering a full replace upon my return,” Van Hollen stated alongside a photograph of the 2 sitting down for espresso.
I stated my predominant purpose of this journey was to satisfy with Kilmar. Tonight I had that likelihood. I’ve known as his spouse, Jennifer, to move alongside his message of affection. I sit up for offering a full replace upon my return. pic.twitter.com/U9y2gZpxCb
— Senator Chris Van Hollen (@ChrisVanHollen) April 18, 2025
El Salvador’s Bukele mocked Van Hollen and posted of a photograph of him having fun with margaritas with Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
“Kilmar Abrego Garcia, miraculously risen from the “demise camps” & “torture”, now sipping margaritas with Sen. Van Hollen within the tropical paradise of El Salvador!” Bukele stated on X.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, miraculously risen from the “demise camps” & “torture”, now sipping margaritas with Sen. Van Hollen within the tropical paradise of El Salvador! pic.twitter.com/r6VWc6Fjtn
— Nayib Bukele (@nayibbukele) April 18, 2025
On Friday, Van Hollen accused El Salvador’s authorities of planting the drinks.
“About Margaritagate, I don’t know for those who guys are following this or not however President Bukele, after I met with Kilmar, did this tweet exhibiting us at a desk with these two glasses – so, right here’s what occurred…once I first sat down with Kilmar we had glasses of water on the desk and as we had been speaking one of many authorities individuals came to visit and deposited two different glasses on the desk with ice – and I don’t know if it’s salt or sugar across the prime however they appear like margaritas,” Van Hollen stated accusing the El Salvadoran authorities of a conspiracy to border him.
“Neither of us touched the drinks that had been in entrance of us and if you wish to play slightly Sherlock Properties …no one drank any margaritas or sugar water or what it’s…that is the lesson within the lengths that President Bukele will do to deceive individuals about what’s occurring,” Van Hollen stated earlier than he trashed Trump.
