Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a scathing rebuke to Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen after the Maryland lawmaker expressed regret for supporting Rubio’s confirmation, accusing him of denying due process to deported MS-13 affiliate Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Rubio’s sharp response exposed the hypocrisy of Democrats who prioritize defending violent criminals over protecting American citizens—a stark reminder of the left’s dangerous soft-on-crime agenda.
Van Hollen whined to Rubio during a Senate hearing, “I have to tell you directly in person that I regret voting for you for Secretary of State.” Rubio, unfazed, fired back: “Well first of all, your regret for voting for me means that I’m doing a good job.” When Van Hollen dismissed the remark as “just a flippant statement,” Rubio doubled down, exposing the senator’s shocking alliance with an alleged gang member. “We deported gang members … including the one that you had a margarita with,” Rubio shot back. “And that guy is a human trafficker and that guy is a gangbanger, and the evidence is gonna be clear. In the day to come, you’re gonna see who you went to defend.”
The evidence against Garcia is overwhelming. According to Department of Justice documents, Garcia—who illegally crossed into the U.S. from El Salvador in 2011—was identified as an MS-13 member based on gang-affiliated clothing and behavior. In 2019, an immigration judge confirmed his ties to the violent cartel. Yet, instead of condemning Garcia’s crimes, Van Hollen and a group of far-left Democrats, including Reps. Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), and Maxine Dexter (D-OR), used taxpayer money to visit the deported gangster in El Salvador. Photos showed Van Hollen casually dining with Garcia, a man accused of brutally assaulting his wife and trafficking humans.
Court records reveal Garcia’s wife, Jennifer Vasquez Sura, sought a restraining order in 2021 after he allegedly punched her in the eye, ripped off her clothes, and threw a laptop at her, leaving her bleeding. Despite this, Democrats treated him like a victim—proving once again that the left cares more about criminals than law-abiding Americans.
The Biden administration initially called Garcia’s deportation a “clerical error” but later admitted he had no right to return. Even El Salvador’s tough-on-crime President Nayib Bukele refused to send him back after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling demanded Garcia’s return. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump has consistently stood for law and order, vowing to keep violent offenders like Garcia out of American communities.
Liberal Media’s Blind Eye
The mainstream media has largely ignored Van Hollen’s disgraceful stunt, instead spinning Garcia’s deportation as a civil rights issue. But Rubio’s viral takedown exposes the truth: Democrats are more interested in virtue-signaling than protecting innocent families from predators.