http://twitchy.com/dougp/2025/04/19/byron-york-noticed-something-about-the-journalists-at-sen-chris-van-hollens-press-conference-n2411619
Senator Chris Van Hollen's trip to El Salvador to visit with a deported man who was in the U.S. illegally appears to have backfired on the Maryland Democrat because he's spent some subsequent time trying to explain why there were a couple of margaritas on the table.
Correction: It wasn't just any ol' plain Jane visit ... Van Hollen made a conjugal visit on behalf of Mrs. Garcia. Jest sayin'.
Van Hollen basically said El Salvador government officials planted the cocktails on the table during the meeting. Anybody believe that one?
If you do ...
But, the real issue is that the Democrats are fighting to have a deported illegal alien with a gang affiliation and allegations of domestic abuse returned to the U.S.
When Van Hollen got back to the U.S., he spoke and took some questions:
Senator Chris Van Hollen (@ChrisVanHollen) ~ I went to El Salvador hoping to meet with Kilmar & check on his well-being, and I had the chance to do that last night.
Our courts have been clear: this was an ILLEGAL abduction. I’m speaking now about my meeting with Kilmar & our work to bring him home:
Video ~ http://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1yoKMolzPdDJQ
You actually went to El Salvador to grandstand because you are a shameless attention whore. The courts have not said any such thing ... Garcia was in the United States illegally, so his deportation was VERY LEGAL. There may have been some old concern on the part of an immigration judge about him being in danger from a rival gang if he was deported back to El Salvador, but his deportation was oh-so-legal and appropriate. And now, we are finding out this other gang that he was supposedly afraid of no longer exists ... they were probably exterminated by Garcia's gang - MS13.
Byron York was among those who couldn't help but notice what the gathered "journalists" weren't interested in asking Van Hollen about:
Byron York (@ByronYork) ~ The emerging evidence of Abrego Garcia's activities -- the gang allegation, Tennessee questions, domestic violence -- the remarkable thing is that no journalist at the Van Hollen news conference asked even a single question about it.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/3385290/democrats-framing-abrego-garcia-case-van-hollen/
Van Hollen was asked about Rachel Morin's murder, but nothing about this particular deportee's gang affiliation, Tennessee detention on suspicion of human trafficking or domestic abuse allegations. Not that we're surprised.
Debra (@debra0827) ~ Not remarkable when you recognize that the media is complicit.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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