(DCNF)—Democratic strategist James Carville urged Democrats on Wednesday to strongly prioritize efforts to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia — an illegal migrant and alleged MS-13 gang member deported to his home nation of El Salvador.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Garcia, who illegally entered the country in 2011, on March 12, according to court records. Carville, on his “Politics War Room” podcast, suggested Garcia’s deportation was a slippery slope and that Democrats should not shy away from focusing on it.
“People say, ‘Well, should we really fight on this turf or should we fight more on ordinary people?’ And this we should fight on — you can’t pivot to an economic issue,” Carville said. “Wait a minute, this is why we think we’re a country. And if they do this to him, it’s an old saying: ‘First they came for the you know, whatever, and then whatever and then they came for me.’”
“You know why you remember that saying? Because there’s wisdom in it. There’s real wisdom in it. And history has taught us that,” he continued. “And first they came for him and then we’re going to say no right there. And we gotta keep fighting this. I think this is worthy of being at the top agenda of things that we’re going to fight over is get this guy back home.”
Co-host Al Hunt responded that he “completely agree[d]” with Carville.
Democratic Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen, with the backing of others in his party, requested a meeting with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele to advocate for Garcia’s return. Van Hollen arrived in El Salvador on Wednesday but said the government did not permit his request to meet with Garcia, Axios reported.
He also met with El Salvador Vice President Félix Ulloa rather than Bukele, according to Axios.
CNN senior political commentator Scott Jennings criticized Democrats Tuesday for their plans to travel to El Salvador to bring Garcia back to the U.S.
“Our opposition is apparently currently organizing congressional delegations to go to El Salvador to try to bring illegal aliens back to the United States,” Jennings said. “It’s politically crazy! … It’s political malpractice to send Democrat members of Congress to El Salvador to retrieve illegal aliens.”
President Donald Trump has faced pushback from Democrats for deporting Garcia. The Supreme Court ruled that the U.S. should “facilitate” his return, but the Trump administration is arguing it is not required to, saying he should remain in El Salvador due to his alleged links to MS-13 and previous deportation orders from 2019.
Bukele also asserted Monday during a White House meeting with Trump that he will not return Garcia to the United States.
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It’s an 85/15 issue James. Now yer just throwing cherry pie on the wall to see if it sticks.
This stooge is the king of rationalization. Even if Garcia wasn’t a documented wife-beater and a Bonafide MS-13 gang member, he entered the country illegally and was legally deported. End of BS.
15,000,000 trials will take centuries but that’s the plan. Have them come over as easily as possible and make it difficult as possible to remove them. Unregistered Democrats is what they see.
Please listen to James Carville, Democrats. Please, please, please listen to Smeagol. Do not under any circumstances listen to the American people on this, they don’t know what they want.
oh please please please make this your top agenda. And I hope they bring him home and let him move to Martha’s Vineyard with all his gofundme donations. heheheheh
He flew to El Salvador to meet with the president at the same time Bukele was in Washington DC meeting with Trump?? Not too bright. Par for the course with Democrats.
Carville drunk again? Have another one Jamesy !
Yeah, make returning illegal alien criminals your TOP Priority. That’ll get you far. Remember this is advice from your elders. NO IT NOW. No, James Carville has not gone insane. He knows what’s best for you.
Carville, like most Democrats, realize that with the border essentially closed to invaders, if they lose the deportation battle, they have lost their only source of future Democrat voters. Democrats are rapidly losing traditional constituents, blacks and Hispanics, because they have failed them. Now the Democrat party consists of the Uber wealthy, enviro-Nazis, gender benders, and grifters sponging off taxpayers.
Gollum has finally joined the other Demwit snakes and decided to go with the slash and burn destruction of his party of fools. Excellent. They’re making it so easy now to destroy WOKE. NO ONE agrees with them on immigration.
If the “democratic” party wants to be the party of MS13 gangbangers byall means have at it.
It should go well with their men in girl sports and locker rooms policies.
This hypocrite is just plain stupid. When “they came for” protestors, political opponents, conservative journalists & commentators, and cops, where the hell was he? Oh yeah – cheering them on.
Thank GOD For FREEDUMB OF SPEECH
DONKEYS FIGHT FOR THIS HUMAN LEFTIST EVIL WAY OF LIFE
FIGHT TO GET HIS WHOLE STORY OF HOW HE BROUGHT
HIS BEST TO THE
USA
LAND OF THE FREE
HIS LIFE IS THE DONKEYS
WAYS
KEEP THIS ISSUE FRONT AN CENTER
THIS IS THE HUMAN YOU SHOULD DEMAND BE THE NEXT
SUPER HERO
THIS IS THE CAUSE YOU ARE WILL TO
GO TO UNCIVIL WAR FOR
“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte
GO JAMES!
Drag your entire Communist/Groomer Party down with you!
Popcorn at the ready.
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!
Carville is the greatest gift to conservatives. He must be so mad at democrats to propose they keep their focus on this illegal immigrant. He must be wanting to waste their time since doing so is like kicking against a brick wall. Crazy thing is that Democrats are actually kicking against that wall. Go Carville, go. The President of El Salvador is not going to send back that immigrant. Also, how much of taxpayer money are these democrats reps wasting by making unscheduled visits to El Salvador. I hope their constituents are paying attention.
This is the kinda of stuff that Conservatives need for the midterm election since they typically don’t vote enough at that time.
Please let protecting criminal aliens and promoting trasnvestite males as being women be your top platform policies, Democrats. There’s still a few people left who are following you. You’re not quite gone yet.
Just a little more…