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You Can't Make This Up: El Salvador Rejects Maryland Senator's Visit

2025-04-17

[PJ] I'm beginning to think Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen isn't playing with a full deck, and if I were one of his constituents, I'd be thinking long and hard about re-electing him.

First, there are just under 6.3 million people living in Maryland, but this guy is so focused on just one that he doesn't really seem to be doing what the state's voters elected him to do.

Second, the one person he's focused on is not only affiliated with a foreign terrorist organization, but he's also not even a U.S. citizen and has a history of violence.

Third, Van Hollen wasted a whole lot of taxpayer money today when he boarded a plane to El Salvador to go attempt to meet with and free this man — who, again, is a Salvadoran citizen — and smuggle him back into the United States.

Fourth, El Salvador's president and several top government officials were literally in Washington, D.C., for at least three days this week, and, as far as I know, refused to meet with Van Hollen as per his request (though based on the date of the statement put out by Van Hollen's office, it looks like he kind of made the request at the last minute).

Plus, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele sat in the Oval Office and said that he would not be sending this so-called "wrongly deported Maryland father" back to the United States. The Supreme Court even ruled that the United States does not have to bring this man back into our country, only facilitate his return should El Salvador choose to do so.

Anyway, as he promised, Van Hollen skipped out on 6.3 million Marylanders today and hopped on a plane to Central America, where he intended to meet with the Salvadoran government and Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the non-U.S. citizen in question.

El Salvador rejected him.

Posted by:Besoeker

#10 So for the last couple weeks, people building Kilmor into a disadvantaged father just trying to make it by selling papers at a kiosk when an ICE agent noticed copies of Vanidades and scooped him up, were full of horse shit.

You know, because if there were one fitting this description, the usual suspects would be banging the bells like Lars Ulrich.

And to top it off, Kilmor isn't just a soldier, he is a fookin NCO, at least.

And senator clownshoes here goes 'dont you know who I am?' and puts his thumb print on it.
Brilliant. I hear Disney is hiring the like minded.

Posted by: swksvolFF 2025-04-17 15:54

#9 Where else are you going to obtain authentic MS-13 tats for street cred?

Posted by: Procopius2k 2025-04-17 15:09

#8 Kilmor is the plot point of the innocent victim tack?

You serious?

Posted by: swksvolFF 2025-04-17 14:17

#7 Can El Salvador keep him and put him in their prison?

Posted by: DarthVader 2025-04-17 13:21

#6 US citizens reject Maryland Senator.

Posted by: Besoeker 2025-04-17 12:57

#5 ^4
yes no Visa

At initial hearing Garcia pleaded that a rival El Salvador gang wanted to kill him and the judge ruled that he could not be deported to El Salvador. Had the USA deported him to another country, there would be no problem for nutzoid Judge Xinis to rule about. Of course, no other country would be likely to accept Garcia unless they had made a deal with El Salvador to deport him there a day or two after receiving him. So there is that.

Posted by: Lord Garth 2025-04-17 11:56

#4 He's illegal. No visa, IIUC

Posted by: Frank G 2025-04-17 10:37

#3 They should have seized his visa.

Posted by: Skidmark 2025-04-17 10:25

#2 Biden’s FBI Ordered TN Highway Patrol to Release ‘Maryland Man’ Recently Deported to El Salvador After He Was Detained in 2022 Traffic Stop on Suspicion of Human Trafficking

Posted by: Frank G 2025-04-17 09:34

#1 Send in Principled Maryland Republican Larry Hogan!

Posted by: Airandee 2025-04-17 06:55

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