Marco Rubio Drops One-Liner On Dem Who Visited Alleged Gangbanger. He Wasn’t Amused.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio snapped back at Democrat Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen on Tuesday after being accused of depriving due process by deporting alleged MS-13 member Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

Van Hollen told Rubio that he “regrets” voting in favor of his nomination due to his so-called disregard for due process by deporting Garcia, an alleged gang member accused of beating his wife. Rubio said that even dangerous gang members who Van Hollen decided to have a “margarita with” are not safe from deportation.

“I have to tell you directly in person that I regret voting for you for Secretary of State,” Van Hollen said.

“May I respond? Well first of all, your regret for voting for me means that I’m doing a good job,” Rubio said after the senator finished his remarks.

“That’s just a flippant statement, Mr. Secretary,” Van Hollen said.

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“We deported gang members … including the one that you had a margarita with,” Rubio continued. “And that guy is a human trafficker and that guy is a gangbanger and the evidence is gonna be clear. In the day to come, you’re gonna see who you went to defend.”

Garcia, who illegally entered the U.S. from El Salvador in 2011, was found loitering in a Home Depot parking lot in March 2019, wearing “a Chicago Bulls hat and a hoodie with rolls of money covering the eyes, ears and mouth of the presidents on the separate denominations,” which represents a “good standing” with MS-13, according to documents released by the Department of Justice on April 16. In December 2019, the Board of Immigration