Dean tells Montco crowd Trump may impose martial law, says she could be ‘disappeared’
An emotional U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean told a packed crowd at the Montco Cultural Center in Blue Bell they are right to worry that President Donald Trump may impose martial law and said she is personally afraid she could be “disappeared” by the administration.
The seven-term Democrat wiped away tears as she took the stage Thursday night to address more than 500 people at the town hall event, where questions centered around an alleged threat to U.S. democracy posed by Trump. Dean said Trump’s actions “are worthy of impeachment.”
Dean said it was her “solemn honor” to be an impeachment manager at Trump’s second impeachment. And if Democrats retake the House next year, another impeachment could be in store. “He is certainly guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors,” Dean said.
Dean wasn’t the only emotional participant in the town hall. More than one questioner appeared to border on the hysterical, suggesting Trump was preparing to declare himself a dictator.
“People text me in a panic: ‘Is it possible he’s going to declare martial law and avoid another election, cancel an election?’ I didn’t used to be like this. He will do anything. Of course, he will,” Dean said. “Will he try to run for a third term and stay in office? Of course he will.”
Asked about illegal immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was recently sent to an El Salvador prison by the Trump administration, Dean said what happened to the alleged MS-13 gang member could happen to any American citizen.
“That man was disappeared from his child. In front of his child, he was disappeared,” Dean said of Abrego Garcia. “You saw the way they treated those men. Without humanity. Shaving their heads. Making them look like they are less than human. Disappearing them.”
“It makes me so damn mad,” Dean added. “Any one of us can be disappeared. My son has a lot of tattoos. One of them is a crown. He might be disappeared. I have a tattoo. My son and I could be disappeared. You just don’t know who might judge you with extraordinary powers and disappear you,” Dean told the crowd.
Dean went out of her way to praise U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) for going to El Salvador to meet with Garcia, and she promised to visit the detained man herself.
“I’m so damn proud of Van Hollen. And we members of the House will go. We’ve asked for a trip,” Dean said, though she acknowledged House leadership would not approve an official congressional delegation trip funded by taxpayers.
“We’re just going to go on our own.”
Dean has been a staunch opponent of increased immigration enforcement, voting against withholding federal funds from sanctuary cities and against the Laken Riley Act, which requires any illegal immigrant who commits burglary, larceny, shoplifting, or theft to be detained.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says Garcia is a “violent criminal illegal alien” who belongs behind bars and off American soil.”
“This was just one of those examples of an individual that is a MS-13 gang member, multiple charges and encounters with the individuals here, trafficking in his background, was found with other MS-13 gang members—very dangerous person, and what the liberal left and fake news are doing to turn him into a media darling is sickening,” Noem said.
Homeland Security also alleges Garcia was arrested with drugs and rolls of cash with two other MS-13 members. Previously, two judges found he was a member of that gang, and DHS reports show he was involved in human trafficking. Also, his wife had obtained a protection-from-abuse order against him. She claimed he punched her, scratched her, and ripped off her shirt, and bruised her.
His wife is now retracting those claims, saying she had previously been in an abusive relation and requested the protection order “out of caution.”
Asked what the Democrats’ plan is to stop Trump, Dean said her party had limited tools to do so. The responsibility is with the voters.
“I will start by saying elections have consequences. This man got elected twice. I do not know how it happened. I did everything — this is not a political event, we know that — but I did everything in my power to lift up a candidate I thought would be more worthy,” Dean said.
“I was not successful in that.”
Linda Stein is News Editor at Delaware Valley Journal.
This article was republished with permission from the Delaware Valley Journal.
Que the ‘outer limits’ soundtrack.
So Trump hasn’t deported people without due process.
Trump has not deported students for using their First Amendment rights.
Of the 300 people deported to El Salvador and imprisoned in CECOT, 75% have no criminal records.
He hasn’t defied the Supreme Court to bring a man back from El Salvador who was deported without due process
Trump hasn’t stated that that he want to deport American citizens convicted of crimes to CECOT in El Salvador.
He hasn’t 6000 people living legally in the United States declared dead by Social Security.
And he has not invoked the Enemy Aliens Act, event though there Congress has not declared America is at war.
Re-que the soundtrack for our tardy commenter, please. And if there is a TDS rant interpreter who can translate, your services would be much appreciated.
How many due processes do they require?
Since when is hate and destruction speech free?
You have misstated the SC’s order.
You do not rewuire a declaration of war for the AEA: “it names the three possible options for satisfying the situational prerequisites for unlocking the president’s powers under the AEA: (a) a declared war between the United States and any other nation or government; (b) an “invasion”; or (c) a “predatory incursion.” For either of the latter options, the triggering threat must be “perpetrated, attempted, or threatened against U.S. territory by any foreign nation or government” (emphasis added), making clear that only action by a foreign sovereign entity satisfies this requirement. Second, § 21 requires the president to make a public proclamation of “the event”—that is, the declared war, invasion, or predatory incursion. Biden’s policies satisfied 2 of the 3 requirements.
Pigeon chess.
“How many due processes do they require?” – What they are entitled to under the law. The people who were sent to to El Salvador received no due process at all. Along with people who have had their visas withdrawn or declared dead by Social Security.
“Since when is hate and destruction speech free? “- When is hate considered free speech? How about when the Nazi’s marched in Skokie, IL and White Supremacists in Charlottesville.
You have misstated the SC’s order. – SCOTUS, in a unanimous decision, made it very clear that Mr. Garcia was to be brought back to the U.S. How did I misstate it?
Enemy Aliens Act
“(a) a declared war between the United States and any other nation or government;” – Congress and the President have not declared a war
“(b) an “invasion”; or (c) a “predatory incursion.” The triggering threat must be “perpetrated, attempted, or threatened against U.S. territory by any foreign nation or government” (emphasis added), making clear that only action by a foreign sovereign entity satisfies this requirement.” Which foreign government has invaded us and why hasn’t Trump declared this?
You have made claims that have no basis in fact and in the case of the Enemy Aliens Act your own statement debunks your claims.
The MS-13 wifebeater human trafficker had 3 immigration hearings. The first 2 decisions called for deportation.
The invaders are classified as a terrorist organization and their government facilitated their immigration to the US by emptying their prisons and institutions. That’s an invasion and a predatory incursion. Nothing that the SC has stated even discusses this as not being valid for use in deportations.
SC said that Trump had to facilitate the MS-13 wifebeater’s return. They did. It’s El Salvador’s decision to return him, and I clearly stated that prior. The courts have no authority over executive branch foreign affairs.
“The MS-13 wifebeater human trafficker had 3 immigration hearings. The first 2 decisions called for deportation.” – And your proof of this can be found where? Because wearing a Bulls hat and an anonymous source is not proof.
“The invaders are classified as a terrorist organization and their government facilitated their immigration to the US by emptying their prisons and institutions.” – If this was the case Trump and Congress would need to identify the country in question in order to apply the Enemy ALiens Act. They have not. The Enemy Aliens Act states that it can only be applied to a foreign government.
“Nothing that the SC has stated even discusses this as not being valid for use in deportations.” -In the unanimous ruling SCOTUS stated that anyone subject to this act would be given due process. That has not happened.
“SC said that Trump had to facilitate the MS-13 wifebeater’s return. They did. It’s El Salvador’s decision to return him, and I clearly stated that prior. The courts have no authority over executive branch foreign affairs.” – The U.S. is paying El Salvador six million to hold the deportees in their prisons. So when we ask for someone it is not El Salvador’s option. Trump has no problems with the sovereignty of Greenland, Canada, and Mexico when he has made statements about invading them. If Mr. Garcia is as guilty as you say he is then the DOJ should have no problem proving this in a court.
Mr. Garcia? 2 immigration courts found him deportable and denied bail. Regardless of what El Salvador say or does, the courts have no right to interfere with foreign affairs of the executive branch. That’s why the SC hasn’t ordered Trump to bring him back. All the double talk and obstacles are a ruse by the left to interfere with with this administration and obstruct the will of the people who voted him into office. Nothing more. If it was the other way around, you wouldn’t give a rat’s orifice about ‘Mr. Garcia’.
SCOTUS has ordered the Trump administration to bring Mr. Garcia back, regardless of where he is or what branch of the government is responsible for his return. The U.S. is paying El Salvador to hold him and several hundred others, which means El Salvador is an employee.
As for your claims that his case was judged by two immigration Judges, prove it. Because SCOTUS has stated unanamously that he did not get due process.
” If it was the other way around, you wouldn’t give a rat’s orifice about ‘Mr. Garcia” – Mr. Garcia had a court order protecting him from deportation, the DOJ stated in court that he was deported by mistake, due process was not provided, and the 2019 police report relied on an anonymous source and the clothing he was wearing is circumstantial. It wouldn’t matter which party the President, their action is illegal.
The 2019 court order only prohibited his deportation to El Salvador given the state of the country at that time. The situation there has changed, however he could be turned in at the US Embassy in El Salvador and transported from there to any other country that would take him and the original 2019 court order would be complied with. The subsequent court to facilitate his return from El Salvador basically would be complied once he sets foot inside the US Embassy there which under recognized international law is US sovereign territory. The whole thing has become a mess.
Here’s proof. The court order didn’t protect him from deportation. “The docket for his 2019 immigration case isn’t public, but documents from it have been filed in the current case. Bondi posted some documents from it on social media. They show that an immigration judge who handled his bond hearing found that DHS’ contention that he was a member of MS-13 “appears to be trustworthy,” while also acknowledging that there were inconsistencies in the report DHS relied upon. The judge denied Abrego Garcia’s bond, and an immigration court appeals board issued a two-page order upholding her ruling. Bondi overstated the findings from the bond hearing when she said in the Oval Office meeting, “In 2019, two courts — an immigration court and an appellate immigration court — ruled that he was a member of MS-13.” The courts didn’t “rule” on the issue; rather, they said that the report relied upon by DHS was inconsistent but “appears to be trustworthy” enough to deny bond. A different immigration judge handled Abrego Garcia’s asylum claim. That judge didn’t rule on the issue of whether or not the government had proved Abrego Garcia was a member of MS-13, but the judge reviewed all the evidence presented in the case and found that Abrego Garcia “provided credible responses to the questions asked” and that his testimony was “consistent with his asylum application and other documents.” The judge didn’t grant asylum because Abrego Garcia had filed his application seven years after entering the U.S., “well-beyond the one-year filing deadline.” However, the judge did grant him “withholding of removal,” which is a form of relief for migrants who fear persecution, as explained by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Such a ruling prevents deportation to a person’s home country and allows that person the right to remain in the U.S. and work legally, but according to the American Immigration Council, “the government is still allowed to deport that person to a different country if the other country agrees to accept them.” It does not allow a path to permanent residence or citizenship in the U.S. Due process x 3. He would have been arrested and confined gain for beating his wife, but he probably threatened her life with retribution from one of his fellow gang members and coerced her to drop the charges. “Mr. Garcia” is the exact lowlife criminal gaming the system and taking advantage of Biden’s laxed immigration laws that deserves immediate deportation.
“The docket for his 2019 immigration case isn’t public” – Pam Biondi has cherry picked the ones that bolster her claims. If all the court documents support this deportation then We the People should be able to see them.
Everything you have claimed is a moot point. SCOTUS made it clear that Mr. Garcia did not get due process and that he should be returned to the U.S. by unanimous decision.
Then there is this little nugget; “hey show that an immigration judge who handled his bond hearing found that DHS’ contention that he was a member of MS-13 “appears to be trustworthy,” while also acknowledging that there were inconsistencies in the report DHS relied upon.” Either the report is consistent or inconsistent, Schrodinger’s Cat is not a valid legal defense. If a report has inconsistencies then it is flawed and invalid. In other words, “if the glove does not fit, you must acquit.
Funny that you use a Johnny Cochran quote in another liberal miscarriage of Justice. OJ was a murderer just as Garcia is an illegal gangbanger wife beater. Case closed.
Let’s talk about your facts.
First it was two judges, then it was three.
There were hearings, but the only information available was cherry picked by Pam Bondi.
One of the judges said the report that was used was inconsistent.
The evidence was based on a anonymous informant and the clothing he was alleged to be wearing, which circumstantial. In America we have the right to confront our accusers, including witnesses and informants in court.
A Department of Justice lawyer stated in court that Mr. Garcia should not have been deported.
The Supreme Court in a unanimous 9-0 decision state that Mr. Garcia did not receive due process. The same court that has a 6 to 3 conservative majority with three of those Judges selected by Trump. Does that make all 6 conservative Judges activist Judges?
If Mr. Garcia is as guilty as you claim then a court hearing, where gets due process, should not be a problem. Unless of course he is not guilty
It’s called irony.
wow. off the rails a bit, lady? Just what we need – more crazy voices in the media
Worse yet, Paul – she’s in the US Government. The TDS runs deep with this one. Only triple certified TDSers get the “solemn honor” to be an impeachment manager at Trump’s second impeachment.
So when all else fails make up an imaginary mental health condition.
There is nothing imaginary about it. And the glove ‘did’ fit this time – he ain’t coming back, no matter how many luxurious junkets those idiot Dem congress members take in support of pond scum instead of working for their own constituents. News coming out today showing that the wife of your future home guest, “Mr. Garcia” had filed for a protective order from him in 2020 as he physically intimidated her and the kids and bragged that he could kill her and get away with it. By all means – please – keep this illegal creep as the DNC’s poster boy, and set up your guest bedroom for his arrival.