Let’s make one thing crystal clear: the American people are watching, and what they’re seeing from the Democratic Party is nothing short of political self-destruction—wrapped in arrogance, dipped in delusion, and served with a steaming side of national betrayal.
Senator Chris Van Hollen’s recent stunt in El Salvador wasn’t diplomacy. It wasn’t advocacy. It wasn’t humanitarian outreach. It was theater. The kind of smug, self-important performance that plays well in D.C. conference rooms but crashes and burns in the real world where actual Americans live.
Van Hollen flew to El Salvador—on what we can only assume was the taxpayer’s dime—to try and strong-arm a sovereign nation into releasing Kilmar Ábrego García, an illegal immigrant, an alleged MS-13 gang member, and—let’s not gloss over this—a man whose own wife reportedly filed not one, but multiple protective orders against him for domestic violence. This is the guy Van Hollen wants to bring “home”? Newsflash: He’s already home. He’s a Salvadoran national. His “home” isn’t Maryland. It’s El Salvador.
I just landed in San Salvador a little while ago, and I look forward to meeting with the team at the U.S. embassy to discuss the release of Mr. Abrego Garcia.
I also hope to meet with Salvadoran officials and with Kilmar himself. He was illegally abducted and needs to come home. pic.twitter.com/MzKe7U8Wwr
— Senator Chris Van Hollen (@ChrisVanHollen) April 16, 2025
And while Van Hollen was gallivanting around Central America trying to play hero to a convicted criminal, Rachel Morin’s family—American citizens, one of them his own constituent—was grieving. Not a phone call. Not a press statement. Nothing. Morin was raped and murdered by an illegal alien with a violent past, and Van Hollen chose to prioritize a gang-affiliated foreign national over justice for an American family. That tells you everything you need to know about where the modern Democratic Party’s priorities lie.
But the arrogance didn’t stop there. Van Hollen had the gall to claim Ábrego García was “abducted.” Abducted? The man had a deportation order. He was in the country illegally. Two U.S. judges found him to be affiliated with MS-13. He wasn’t abducted—he was removed according to the law. What Van Hollen did—flying to a foreign nation, undermining U.S. foreign policy, making public demands of another government, and spreading misinformation about a deported criminal—skirts dangerously close to a violation of the Logan Act.
NEW: Maryland Senator @ChrisVanHollen says his request made to the VP of El Salvador to visit Kilmar Abrego Garcia was denied.
The senator said he was told by the Vice President “you need to make earlier provisions to visit CECOT.”
Van Hollen says he wasn’t able to meet with… pic.twitter.com/FRBYuutcNY
— Ali Bradley (@AliBradleyTV) April 16, 2025
Even El Salvador wasn’t buying what Van Hollen was selling. He was told, in no uncertain terms, that he failed to follow protocol and that he wouldn’t be meeting with the prisoner. That’s diplomatic speak for: “Get out.”
And yet, the Democrats can’t seem to understand why the American public is disgusted. It’s because they’re not just out of touch—they’re deliberately ignoring the real-world consequences of their actions. They champion illegal immigrants with violent records. They cry foul when gang members are deported. And they waste taxpayer resources for performative politics that do nothing for the people who elected them.
