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Kilmar Garcia and the "Democrats Apology Tour" [1]

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Date: 2025-04-22

Representatives Maxwell Frost, Robert Garcia, Yassamin Ansari and Maxine Dexter were in San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador, to use the American Embassy's resources to help free Kilmar Garcia, as well as the captives in the CECOT prison.

Rep. James Comer refused to allocate any funds for the trip, so the four Democrats went on their own dime.

While they were there, Trump tried one more time to convince the world that Kilmar was an MS-13 gang member. Once again, he used that lame shot of him holding the black and white photo of Kilmar's knuckles with the photoshopped MS13 on them. This time, he left no doubt that he thought the MS13 was actually on Kilmar's knuckles.

Not only that, but he had "lots of really bad stories about his past!" also tatooed on his knuckles, according to the way he worded it.

Closeup of the b&w photo.

Actual shot of Kilmar's hand.

Trump wasn't finished. He put up on WhiteHouse.gov an article called Democrats Continue Apology Tour for Deported Illegal Immigrant Gang Member.

This is after the government has admitted that he was deported by mistake and the gang member lie is from an anonymous source. The whole point is lack of due process, but all the article does is engage in the favorite Republican attack of whataboutism.

"Today, four more Democrats...are in El Salvador, picking up their party's mantle of prioritizing a deported illegal immigrant MS-13 gang member over the Americans they represent."

The gang member claim is irrelevant, but that doesn't stop Trump. The Representatives were there because their constituents were horrified of Kilmar's treatment and wanted their Representatives to make a difference by applying public and political pressure. This function of House members is lost on Trump.

So, for each of the Representatives, he lists four individuals in their districts that have criminal backgrounds with Hispanic surnames, except for two that were Chinese and South Korean. Out of all of them, only one is identified as an illegal immigrant, and Trump could only come up with two individuals in Maxine Dexter's Oregon district. In Frost's district, Trump has the fourth listing as five Trens de Aragua members committing thefts and robberies at liquor stores.

We have no idea if any of these whataboutisms are true, and I'm not going to waste my time tracing them. They're completely irrelevant to Kilmar Garcia's predicament.

The sections are headed with:

"Why hasn't (fill in the name) spoken about these illegal immigrants putting (his/her) region at risk?"

Why haven't you been arrested and put in jail for all the crimes you've committed since Jan. 20th?

In a statement put out by Maxwell Frost, he accused Trump of "running a government funded kidnapping program --- illegally arresting, jailing, and deporting innocent people with zero due process."

I finally figured it out. The "Apology" is owed by the Representatives to their constituents for not being law enforcenent so they could arrest the individuals. Trump logic. Republicans arrest people all the time. /s They want Krisi Noem photo-ops.

When funds were requested for the trip, Comer sent back a letter with another pack of lies.

This is what Republicans are complicit in every day, denying not just undocumented immigrants' rights, but those of legal U.S. citizens.

They should be ashamed, but they have no shame.

Trump is a special case. He's at the top of the heap in crimes against humanity. The leader of the pack. The only thing on his calendar today is attending the swearing in ceremony for the new Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Someone to allow him to cryptoize America and make more money he doesn't deserve. What was his only thought this morning? Doing another illegal advertisement for a Fox News book author. Figures.

This attack on constitutional rights won't stop until court orders are enforced. It has to happen soon. Today is the deadline for Judge Boasberg to get the truth from the DOJ or hold them in contempt of court.

The Supreme Court has ruled that Kilmar Garcia must be returned to the U.S. Why hasn't it happened?

Should be another interesting day.

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