Chris Van Hollen confirms taxpayers paid his trip, didn’t ask the deported if he was in fact member

Chris Van Hollen confirms taxpayers paid for him to fly to El Salvador and sip margaritas with a deported illegal immigrant MS-13 gang member

On 4/20/2025, Democrat Senator Chris Van Hollen confirmed that hardworking American taxpayers funded his trip to El Salvador so he could meet with an alleged MS-13 gang member currently held at the CECOT prison. Fox News anchor Shannon Bream asked Van Hollen, “Who did pay for this trip?” “This was an officially cleared congressional trip – cleared on a bipartisan basis,” Van Hollen said. “So taxpayer dollars?” Shannon Bream asked.

“Yes, like every other trip,” Van Hollen said.

“Who did pay for this trip?”

“This was an officially cleared Congressional trip.”

“So taxpayer dollars?”

“Yes…” You paid for a Senator ($174k salary) to fly across the world and visit an MS-13 gang member.

Chris Van Hollen calls Kilmar Abrego Garcia — an illegal immigrant gang member and CITIZEN OF EL SALVADOR — an “American”

Chris Van Hollen says he didn’t ask the deported illegal immigrant MS-13 gang member if he was, in fact, an MS-13 gang member. Go figure!

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Chris Van Hollen confirms taxpayers paid his trip, didn’t ask the deported if he was in fact an member

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Chris Van Hollen confirms taxpayers paid for him to fly to El Salvador and sip margaritas with a deported illegal immigrant MS-13 gang member

Fox News anchor Shannon Bream asked Van Hollen, “Who did pay for this trip
” “This was an officially cleared congressional trip – cleared on a bipartisan basis,” Van Hollen said
“Yes, like every other trip,” Van Hollen said