Fireworks on the Hill…
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen exchanged testy words on Tuesday during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing.
Van Hollen went after Rubio for revoking visas of foreign students disrupting college campuses and committing acts of violence.
“Your campaign of fear and repression is eating away at the foundational values of our democracy,” Van Hollen said, likening Rubio to Joseph McCarthy. He added, “And I have to tell you directly and personally that I regret voting for you for Secretary of State.”
“First of all, your regret for voting for me confirms I’m doing a good job,” Rubio replied.
Rubio continued, saying that in the case of El Salvador, “we deported gang members … including the one you had a margarita with,” referencing Van Hollen’s visit to see deported “Maryland man” Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador. “And that guy is a human trafficker, and that guy is a gangbanger, and the evidence is going to be clear in the days to come.”
Watch the fiery exchange below:
"Your regret for voting for me confirms I'm doing a good job."
Secretary of State Marco Rubio left nothing on the table after the senator who visited the alleged MS-13 gang member in El Salvador said he regretted voting for him to be confirmed. pic.twitter.com/lVrSl3rq3p
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