Anti-Trump Resistance Sees Another Leader In Van Hollen As Dems' Leadership Carousel Turns
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Chris Van Hollen has emerged, for now, as a leading figure in the resistance to President Donald Trump.
NEW YORK (AP) — Now, it’s Chris Van Hollen’s turn.
The mild-mannered Maryland senator has suddenly emerged as a leading figure in the resistance to Donald Trump’s norm-busting presidency, becoming the latest in a small but growing collection of Democratic officials testing the strength of their political power in a weakened party with no clear leader.
Van Hollen’s rise follows his decision to travel 2,000 miles to El Salvador last week to meet with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongly deported and federal courts have said should be returned.
Van Hollen did not secure the release of the Salvadoran citizen who had been living in Maryland. But simply by meeting with him, in defiance of Trump and his ally El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, Van Hollen created a new sense of hope and momentum for Abrego Garcia’s family and the anti-Trump resistance.
“Sen. Van Hollen’s leadership in this moment is exactly how Democrats should be pushing back against a wannabe dictator like Donald Trump — calling for law and order over chaos and adhering to the Constitution instead of a tyrant,” Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin told The Associated Press. “No matter how much Trump tries to act out his dictatorial fantasies, Democrats will always defend democracy when it’s on the line.”
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