You have to laugh. Democrats made Kilmar Abrego Garcia into the cause of the moment just a couple of weeks ago, which liberal Member of Congress after Liberal Member of Congress making a pilgrimage down to El Salvador for the express purpose of doing media hits where they are seen as simply being there. Now, the whole thing is pretty much done. Democrats have moved on to new shiny objects in a desperate attempt to turn people against President Donald Trump.
Abrego Garcia was always the wrong cause for Democrats to get behind. Two immigration judges had determined there was enough evidence that he was a member of MS-13 to declare it to be. There was never any question as to whether or not he was an illegal alien; he was, and there was no dispute over whether or not he should be deported – he was ordered to be.
The only issue was whether or not he could be deported back to El Salvador.
Very late in the process, likely as a desperate ploy to avoid deportation, he claimed he was afraid for his life from what is described as a “rival gang” that was threatening his grandma’s tamale stand.
What’s interesting here is the use of the word “rival.” For there to be a “rival” gang for someone, that someone must be in a gang themselves. Individuals can’t have rival gangs, only a gang that wants to do them harm. Maybe this is an issue with bad reporting, but it always struck me as odd to use that word. If you tell me a rival gang, the Sharks, want to kill you (or have a dance-off with you, as the case may be), I’m going to take that as a passive confession that you’re a Jet (and a Jet all the way).
Whatever the case with Kilmar, the “rival gang” he was allegedly afraid of no longer exists – El Salvador has wiped them out. While it would have been in keeping with all court orders that said he needed to be booted out of the United States and sent anywhere but El Salvador because of that fear for his life. With that fear gone, who cares where he goes as long as it’s not here?
But when President Trump declared MS-13 to be a foreign terrorist organization, and with courts declaring Abrego Garcia a member of that gang, all bets were off. There’s a different set of laws for dealing with members of terrorist organizations.
Still, Democrats elevated him to hero status. They were desperate for anything, and he presented what they saw as an opening. They rallied to him like he had the cure for what ails them. Rational people would not have done this. People with something to offer the American people would deliver it, not scramble to embrace anything their opponent opposes.
Abrego Garcia, it turns out, has all sorts of baggage. His wife accused him of multiple instances of domestic violence; he was caught in a situation that sure seemed like human smuggling while driving a car, apparently registered to a human smuggler, and so on.
It’s like no Democrat thought to look into Kilmar’s background, as none of this was hidden. It was enough that Donald Trump was on one side of the issue, and that’s all that mattered.
How’d that work out?
It seems not so great. Kimlar has faded from the Sunday shows, and MSNBC-13 barely mentions him. I don’t know if there are any Democrats currently camping in a ditch outside his prison in El Salvador or even any Democrats still in El Salvador, but the fact that I don’t know is a reflection of how, even if there were, no media outlet cares to have them on.
We’ve gone from a constant barrage of choppy, streaming videos from hotel rooms filled with breathless pledges to “bring him home” to Twitter silence and little interest in his fate.
After weeks of declaring Kilmar our moral superior, his fate no longer matters. They wanted their picture taken with him or his wife, more than a Swiftie would love to get a selfie with Taylor and Travis, and now he’s Harvey Weinstein.
That doesn’t mean his saga is over; it just means that, after a huge pile of evidence was exposed, Democrats realized exactly what they stepped into. They went from conquering hero to worrying about whether or not they were working to get Nicole back together with OJ. I don’t know where the truth lies, but the way Democrats are acting now makes me think they do, or at least heavily suspect.
Derek Hunter is the host of a free daily podcast (subscribe!) and author of the book, Outrage, INC., which exposes how liberals use fear and hatred to manipulate the masses, and host of the weekly “Week in F*cking Review” podcast where the news is spoken about the way it deserves to be. Follow him on Twitter at @DerekAHunter.