Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen confirmed over the weekend that the American taxpayers footed the bill for his trip to El Salvador to meet with deported alleged MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
Van Hollen made the admission to Shannon Bream on Fox News Sunday.
When pressed by Bream about who paid for the trip, Van Hollen said it was an “officially cleared, you know, congressional trip.”
“So taxpayer dollars?” Bream questioned.
“Yes, like every other trip,” Van Hollen replied.
Watch the clip below:
🚨 JUST IN: Senator Chris Van Hollen ADMITS taxpayers paid for his clown show in El Salvador
YOU AND I paid for a U.S. Senator to go sip margaritas with an MS-13 terrorist in El Salvador
Makes me SICK.
TAKE IT OUT OF HIS PAY! pic.twitter.com/Ymt6PNcWdI
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) April 20, 2025
According to a Daily Caller report, Democratic Florida Rep. Maxwell Frost and Democratic California Rep. Robert Garcia sent a letter last week to House Oversight Chairman Rep. James Comer requesting approval for a congressional delegation trip to El Salvador. They noted that the Senate had “already authorized CODEL travel to CECOT.”
Comer is denying the use of taxpayer funds for the trip; “If you also wish to meet with him, you can spend your own money. But I will not approve a single dime of taxpayer funds for use on the excursion you have requested,” he declared.
🚨BREAKING: Oversight Committee Chair James Comer has announced he will BLOCK Democrat requests to use tax dollars to travel to El Salvador.
Let’s see if they still want to virtue signal now that they will have to pay for it out of their own pockets. pic.twitter.com/5rDIAAfL91
— Derrick Evans (@DerrickEvans4WV) April 18, 2025
