Van Hollen and Booker showing how representatives in government should be working for their constituents. I hope their aim is to be as annoying as possible until something good comes of it, but I worry Bukele will just arrest them and further erode the numbers we have in Congress.
First, I said Representatives and Senators. There are 260 Democrats in Congress (well, 258 +2 independent who caucus with Dems), not 45. But that’s beside the point. What are they doing for us in Congress right now? Absolutely nothing. Hell, a bunch of Dem Senators are acting like Vichy collaborationists helping the fascists confirm appointments and pass their CR. They’re actively working against us by just sitting in Congress.
But even that’s beside the point. They’re not going to arrest or kill a bunch of sitting US members of Congress. Even just saying ‘no’ to 1 of them was such a bad look that they completely folded and, for the fist time ever, let someone out of CECOT, even just temporarily. They’ve NEVER let anyone out before, and Van Hollen just showing up on his own scared them enough to crack.
Why do you think an even greater number would scare them less?
You assume they were scared. Their not. This is an idiot’s attempt to turn the tables with PR: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/apr/18/donald-trump-immigration-tariffs-harvard-jerome-powell-us-politics-news-live-updates
Trump’s team definitely was coordinating this all the way. Even the allowed meeting.
Trump lashed out in the same way he does against everyone who does something he doesn’t like and you take that as proof he’s some kind of mastermind behind everything? Man, do you not understand Trump at all.