Summary
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) traveled to El Salvador to seek the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident wrongfully deported in March.
Abrego Garcia, married to a U.S. citizen with three children, was legally allowed to stay under a 2019 court order.
The Trump administration admitted his deportation was an “administrative error” but refused his return. The Supreme Court ruled against the administration 9-0.
In response, the White House launched a smear campaign against Van Hollen, framing Garcia as a gang member despite no charges or convictions.
Van Hollen did the right thing and it should be recognized. It’s time to stand up to this fucking regime in any way we can.
He had to know this was going to happen.
I’m just amazed at how incredibly ballsy it is for him to go down there knowing that doing so is basically kicking a hornet’s nest of entitled fascists that have already defined themselves by ignoring orders from the court.
Yeah it feels a bit like daring them to make the move and take the mask off. It takes balls and I’m all for it. Show America who we voted for, on both sides.
He’s just doing his job, and honoring the oath to uphold and defend the US Constitution. And for that we should applaud him, when many others have failed to do their jobs and uphold their oath.
Reminds me of the congressman who went down to Jones Town.
Hopefully this has a better outcome
He should check this mound
Jesus fucking Christ the people that write titles like this should all be rounded up and kept at least 1,000 feet from any place they could practice whatever this slop is they consider ‘journalism.’ The admin put out a few press conferences and encouraged people to make memes. “Scorched Earth” my dead grandfather’s rotten scrotum.
Also, that poor man is already dead and has been for a while now.
If Trump is dissing somebody, that’s a good indicator they’re alright.
The reaction of these people to a senator traveling to another country to try to correct their admitted mistake is fucking disgusting.
I feel like the US is really not getting the memo here, this is fascist dictatorship swaddled in an American flag. This is what dictators do, the next steps are dismantling the other institutions and agencies that could potentially preserve the old country’s rules and laws. As they are already doing blatantly.
Guys… the US is falling. Why aren’t people organizing?
Make no mistake. Last time Trump got legitimately “thrown out of his palace” he called upon an army of insurrectionists to storm the capitol.
Now he’s back in there, surrounded by yes-men, and his insurrectionist army is pardoned and with boosted confidence that they can spread chaos without consequences. And by being POTUS many of his armed forces supporters have the “following orders” and “his elected authority” excuse to side with him against the remaining government branches and the people - even if their oath is to the constitution.
Whatever enforcement entity SCOTUS can get to impose actual consequences to this administration’s wrongdoing on April 23rd, if it comes to it, Trump won’t take it lying down. That’s a guarantee with these savages.
Why has not a single reporter directly asked Trump or any of the administration what would happen if a US citizen were “accidentally” deported there?
Because they don’t want to be the US citizen in question.
If there’s anything I’ve learned about Leon, Trump, and the other neofascists we’re bombarded with–it’s that they really really don’t like anyone questioning or disagreeing with them. It’s telling, because if they truly were confident in their words and deeds, they would have nothing to fear. Someone questioning them should be a chance for them to educate everyone on the reasons why their ideas are good… but instead it goes directly to ad hominems, bans/removals, etc. They want to think they’re brilliant, but they also don’t want to be questioned since they don’t want to risk getting dunked on in the public arena and lose credibility (but they also really don’t want to be faced with facts proving them wrong, their tremendous ego can’t handle it)
The family should be sueing the fuck out of every member of government for defamation. Get as much money from them while you can.
I think this would work.
IF Van Hollen manages to return safely, he’ll have to look over his shoulder for the rest of his entire life.
But I’m not convinced he’s going to come back.
We’re not at the stage where sitting senators are being murdered or disappeared.
At the current rate, that’ll happen within months; definitely before the end of the year.
I’m gonna revisit this comment before New Years Eve. Let’s hope there’s something a bit more positive to discuss by then. But I’m not hopeful…
Maybe heart disease will have finally come through for us and rid the world of Donald Trump.
I honestly believe VH will be the first because of his “audacity”. I 100% hope to be wrong though.
The White House also brought Morin’s mother to Leavitt’s press conference today, while launching into a tirade against Abrego Garcia
Wow, that mother must be a real proud Mamma Hen, using her daughters death to politically justify abducting a human without convictions who was in Maryland legally. What a fucking disgrace.
If only there had been some way to prevent this but honestly, who hasn’t accidentally misplaced a living human being in an El Salvador torture prison once or twice? Glass houses, stones, all that.
Another post suggested calling him with support. Googled him last night and left a message. Took one minute.
My money is that they’re currently torturing him on the daily to send a message with his body when they eventually follow the courts order. They’re prepping the narrative with their supporters and making him an unreliable testifier for his own trauma.
He’s obviously the second coming of Jesus. Killing people and all that.
