Trump tears into 'fool' Democrat Chris Van Hollen 'begging for attention' with El Salvador prison stunt
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By EMILY GOODIN, SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT
Published: 12:35 EDT, 18 April 2025 | Updated: 13:05 EDT, 18 April 2025
President Donald Trump on Friday ripped into Chris Van Hollen for traveling to El Salvador to meet with a migrant being held prisoner there, calling the Democratic senator a 'fool' who was 'begging for attention.'
Van Hollen sat down with Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man and father of three who was mistakenly deported in the administration's roundup of migrants last month, posting a photo of the meeting on social media.
Trump, who claims Garcia is a member of MS-13 and belongs in jail, lashed out at the Maryland senator.
'Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland looked like a fool yesterday standing in El Salvador begging for attention from the Fake News Media, or anyone. GRANDSTANDER!!!,' the president wrote on his X account.
Trump, during an Oval Office event Friday, was asked about other Democrats wanting to make the trip: 'They're all fake, and they have no interest in that prisoner. That prisoners record is unbelievably bad,' he said.
President Donald Trump slammed Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland for his trip to El Salvador
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