Tears, Treason, and the Truth: Van Hollen’s Meltdown as Justice Prevails

Senator Chris Van Hollen didn’t just oppose Secretary of State Marco Rubio in session — he had a meltdown. He went off the rails in a public tirade, not against policy, not against precedent, but against the man who refused to advocate to free a gang-linked criminal and import him back to the US, saying that he regretted voting to confirm him. This remark came after Van Hollen criticized Rubio’s actions and defense of the Trump administration’s foreign policy approach, particularly regarding issues like deportations to El Salvador and the dismantling of USAID. Rubio, standing calmly amid the storm, delivered the kind of comeback that belongs in every American civics class:

“Your regret for voting for me confirms I’m doing a good job“.

And just like that, the mask fell off.

Because, as it turns out, Rubio was right. Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia — the so-called “Maryland man” Van Hollen flew to El Salvador to defend — wasn’t just “misunderstood” or “unfairly detained” in El Salvador. He’s now sitting in a U.S. jail cell, indicted by a grand jury for human trafficking, drug trafficking, and more than a decade of criminal enterprise. He was never a victim. He was an alleged predator.

And that brings us to a question that can’t be ignored.

However, before I proceed, let me clarify my position to ensure there is no misinterpretation of my words: I still firmly stand by my assertion that I believe Van Hollen is guilty of treason. I remain fully confident that his treason is blatant enough to justify his LEGAL sentence to capital punishment. I also wholeheartedly realize that we live in the United States. While I think Van Hollen is an abhorrent person, I recognize he won’t face execution. I recognize he won’t be charged with any crime, let alone treason. I respect his… actually no. I don’t respect anything about him. But I do understand his selfish reasoning to use Garcia as a powder keg: optics. Make no mistake, he didn’t try try to get Garcia returned to the US for Garcia’s wife, not for their children, not even because he was trying to hold the Trump administration accountable for the deportation. That was simply a positive byproduct of the self-serving militant senator taking advantage of a political opportunity.

In 3 and a half years, we are going to be voting for a new President. Now if you don’t already know this, a man named Wes Moore (“Wes No-Moore!” as I call him) has made some political waves lately. You may have seen him doing interviews about some of the statements he’s made or opinions he’s had. He speaks clearly, concisely, and sounds like a great leader. If you know who Wes Moore is, you know he is the Governor of Maryland. What’s so important about Maryland, one might ask. The answer is simple: Moore has his sights on the Whitehouse in 2028. I will be writing more about Wes Moore and his incompetence with a budget in a later article: wasteful spending, overextending, and the surplus-to-deficit absurdities in a near future piece.

Moore is gaining traction on this Presidential bid here in Maryland (God help us all). I’m sure you know what I’m about to say, don’t you? Yep. Who will be the Governor when Moore goes to DC? The ONLY name I’ve heard so far is Chris Van Hollen. Politically, Van Hollen played this right: a bold (traitorous) leap to put his own name out there. It happened far away from an election day so the anger and calls of treason will have quietly eased back by then, but people WILL remember he was bold. I will remember what he did when it’s time to vote, and I hope you remember it too. Anyway, back to my point:

Van Hollen has a wife. He has a daughter. And it’s precisely because he knows the value of protecting the women in our lives that his actions become so horrifying. How does a man — a father — advocate for the return of someone tied to MS-13, a gang globally known for raping, mutilating, and murdering women and girls to assert dominance?

This gang doesn’t commit crimes of passion — they commit acts of terror. They burn people alive. They rape mothers and sisters just to break their families. They use machetes as tools of punishment. They turn entire communities into fear farms. And Senator Chris Van Hollen looked at that and said, “Let’s bring him home.”

No one blames his family. This isn’t about them.

It’s about our families.

It’s about every American daughter who doesn’t have a senator for a father. It’s about the parents who lost their children to drugs, to trafficking, to violence… and never once got a visit from Van Hollen — or anyone like him.

That’s the part that should haunt him.

Not because the political optics are bad.

But because if he still believes he did the right thing… he is no longer qualified to serve anyone — let alone the people of Maryland.

If you’re reading this and feel angry, good. You should. Share this. Say something. Demand better. Because silence is how men like this keep their seats — and how monsters keep crossing our borders.

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