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Chuck Grassley pressed on wrongly deported man in heated exchange at town hall
The Hill ^ | 04/16/25 12:03 PM ET | by Jared Gans -

Posted on 04/16/2025 11:37:41 AM PDT by RandFan

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) was pressed on the status of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was wrongly deported to El Salvador, during a heated exchange at a town hall he held Tuesday.

Grassley discussed numerous topics during the Iowa event, including farmers, tariffs and congressional Republicans’ planned reconciliation bill that would seek to cut spending, extend President Trump’s tax cuts and provide money for border security, among other initiatives. But he participated in a particularly tense back-and-forth when discussing the case of Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national.

“Are you going to bring that guy back from El Salvador?” one man asked Grassley, eliciting applause from others in attendance.

“Why not?” he followed up after the Iowa senator said he wouldn’t.

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KEYWORDS: astroturf; chuckgrassley; iowa
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To: RandFan

Yeh they where clearly astroturfing here


21 posted on 04/16/2025 5:27:41 PM PDT by Lod881019
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To: RandFan

Wasn’t he supposedly or allegedly deported?

In order to be from some place don’t you have to be born there or legally reside there? When I visit Bangkok that doesn’t make me a Thai person?


22 posted on 04/16/2025 5:40:40 PM PDT by Professional ( )
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