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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMayor Adams rips Maryland Sen. Van Hollen over 'tequila drink' with 'gang member'
Its time for all of us to ask the question, particularly those who are in government who find it more convenient to have a tequila drink with someone whos a gang member: Which side are you on? Adams said.
The statement was an apparent reference to Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, who traveled to El Salvador last week to meet with a constituent who was mistakenly deported to the country. When Van Hollen met with the man, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, he was photographed at a table with drinks he said were placed there by Salvadorian officials in what he called a setup.
Abrego Garcia has never been charged or convicted of any crime, including gang activity, a federal judge wrote in an opinion earlier this month.
https://gothamist.com/news/mayor-adams-rips-maryland-sen-van-hollen-over-tequila-drink-with-gang-member


Walleye
(39,752 posts)Being a sexist. Now he is happily repeating Russian propaganda.
electric_blue68
(20,971 posts)malaise
(283,219 posts)meeting and the fake drinks
underpants
(190,043 posts)When he and Abrego Garcia first sat down for a meeting at the hotel where Van Hollen had been staying, the senator said, they just had glasses of water on the table, maybe some coffee.
Subsequently, Van Hollen said, one of the government people on the sidelines of their half-hour meeting deposited other beverages on the table, with salt or sugar around the top but they look like margaritas.
https://apnews.com/article/margaritagate-bukele-van-hollen-abrego-garcia-e346ea5bcca8b4bc7ead1b12f304d3d2
Nevilledog
(54,096 posts)
John1956PA
(3,965 posts)Rebl2
(16,175 posts)are bad I guess. I dont see salt on the rims of these glasses..
John1956PA
(3,965 posts)
Omnipresent
(6,845 posts)He takes a bribe from a gang member!
no_hypocrisy
(51,251 posts)TSF told you to say that, huh?
spanone
(138,810 posts)Fuck adams.
kacekwl
(8,217 posts)which side you're on Adams.
Nanjeanne
(6,027 posts)electric_blue68
(20,971 posts)She was my choice
Paladin
(30,211 posts)Because so many people know the difference between what a margarita looks like, versus glasses of clear tap water.
And even by trump standards, Eric Adams is pathetic. Looking forward to his political career being over.
Ritabert
(1,018 posts)Hey New York City there must be a better candidate than Adams.
comradebillyboy
(10,649 posts)Andrew Cuomo. Who would have thought Adams' incompetence and corruption would lay the groundwork for Andrew Cuomo's political comeback?
lark
(24,918 posts)Ugh!!
Passages
(2,634 posts)Must be kidding.
Thank you, Senator Van Hollen.
ArnoldLayne
(2,211 posts)republianmushroom
(19,546 posts)As you have done Adams. IMO