
Fox News Host Swiftly Shuts Down Colleague's 'Prop' Talk On Wrongly Deported Man
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Jessica Tarlov explained exactly what the public "understands" about the Trump administration sending Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a Salvadoran prison.
Fox News’ Jessica Tarlov slammed co-host Greg Gutfeld on Friday for claiming that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man that the Trump administration mistakenly sent to a prison in El Salvador, is a political “prop” for Democrats.
“It’s not about being a prop. There will be other senators that are looking into these [deportations] because it is reported that over 75% of the people that were on that plane have not been convicted of anything,” she said on “The Five” about the Trump administration deporting hundreds to the prison last month.
“And the American public understands the difference between being deported and being sent to a foreign prison. They don’t get a phone call, they don’t get to talk to their lawyer, their wife.”
She went on, “If we have a mass murderer in maximum security American prison, they have more rights than the people being sent there for a lifetime sentence.”
Tarlov’s remarks arrive just one day after Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) visited Abrego Garcia — a father of three from El Salvador who was living in the U.S. legally for 14 years — in the country where he’s being held at a maximum security prison known for its brutal conditions.