'Next-Level Obtuse': Sen. Kennedy Schools Van Hollen Over 'Due Process' Claims About Abrego Garcia

Posted • April 22, 2025: As per the norm, Democrats continue to embarrass themselves over the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case, with four on the House side traveling this week to El Salvador to plead for the release of the illegal immigrant and suspected MS-13 gang member, only to get shut down by officials in the country on grounds that they weren't visiting in an "official capacity." Those Democrats - Reps. Robert Garcia (CA), Maxwell Frost (FL), Yassamin Ansari (AZ), and Maxine Dexter (OR) - were, of course, following the lead of virtue-signaling Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), who traveled to El Salvador last Wednesday to see his so-called "constituent" at the CECOT mega-prison, only to initially get shut down as well. Eventually, he was allowed to sit with Abrego Garcia in a restaurant to talk to him, where the optics for Van Hollen were terrible.

He and Abrego Garcia were seen with margaritas on the table, alcoholic beverages that Van Hollen would later claim were staged by El Salvador's President, Nayib Bukele, to make Van Hollen look bad (as though he needed any help on that front). On Sunday, the Maryland Senator made the rounds on the talking head shows, admitting on Fox News that his stunt was an "officially cleared Congressional trip," meaning it was funded by United States taxpayers. After Van Hollen's appearance on "Meet the Press," his Senate colleague, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA), also sat down for an interview with host Kristen Welker, who proceeded to ask him his thoughts on the case. Kennedy responded in true Sen. Kennedy fashion, charmingly noting Van Hollen was "my friend" before kindly nuking his arguments. (…)

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