Democrat Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) has defended deported MS-13 gang members by falsely claiming that they have been “illegally abducted” by President Donald Trump’s administration.
Van Hollen made the wild claims during an interview on MSNBC with host Mika Brzezinski on Monday.
The senator deceitfully told the show’s viewers that the Trump administration kidnapped members of foreign prison gangs, including MS-13 member Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
Abrego Garcia entered the United States illegally and was living in Maryland until he was deported.
He was known to federal law enforcement as a human trafficker, a wife-beater, and a member of the bloodthirsty MS-13 street gang, a designated terrorist organization.
As part of the Democrats’ anti-Trump publicity stunt, Van Hollen traveled to El Salvador for a photo-op with Abrego Garcia.
On MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Brzezinski said to Van Hollen:
“I want to ask you about why you are so focused on the case of [Garcia], why you traveled to El Salvador, and back to the issue of what has happened to all of these people who have been sent to this prison.
“What happened to these people?
“How would you describe it?
“What’s the term you would use?”
“I would say