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.

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[–] 57 points 1 year ago (17 children)

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.

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  • [–] 64 points 1 year ago (13 children)

    We're not at the stage where sitting senators are being murdered or disappeared.

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  • [–] 47 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    At the current rate, that'll happen within months; definitely before the end of the year.

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  • [–] 33 points 1 year ago*

    I hope you're not wrong, but political opposition was disappeared very quickly in Nazi Germany. It really didn't take long: Hitler was appointed chancellor on January 30th, 1933 and the first "dissidents" were disappeared the day after the Reichtagsbrand, so February 28th, 1933.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    The actions of a lunatic cult leader who promptly killed the entire cult including himself afterward aren't really comparable to the actions of governments attempting to retain the appearance of legitimacy.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    That might be it, actually. He’s probably called Bukele and told him nothing will happen if he arrests and imprisons a sitting US congressman from the “opposition” party. I’m calling that out as the plan now.

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