‘Funny You’re Into Due Process Now’: Jesse Watters Calls Out Dem Strategist’s Hypocrisy On Alleged MS-13 Gang Member

Jesse Watters of Fox News called out Democrat strategist and co-host Jessica Tarlov on Monday for her “sudden” transition on illegal migrant Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia.

Since Garcia’s deportation in March by the Trump administration, Democrats have defended bringing the illegal migrant back to the United States after the administration admitted he was sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador due to an “administrative error.” While discussing the issue on “The Five,” Watters hit back on Tarlov’s argument in defense of Garcia, calling out his alleged connection to MS-13.

“Well, Jessica keeps on saying there’s all these mistakes. First, she said this guy was picked up because he had a [Chicago] Bull’s hat,” Watters said. “Then he has tattoos on his hand that spell MS-13.”

Tarlov could be heard quickly jumping in to say “That’s not true,” before Watters struck back.

“Yes, it is,” Watters said. “Read the symbolism, Jessica. What are you, a gang detective? Cut it out. I just want to read it. Then he’s wearing paraphernalia that says the slogan for MS-13.  Then he gets caught up in a gang sweep with ranking members of MS-13 as part of a murder investigation.

“Then gets pulled over. He’s suspected of human trafficking. Then gets accused of slugging his wife twice, and she has it on video,” Watters added. “Suddenly, his name isn’t ‘Maryland Dad.’ It’s ‘Due Process.’ You transitioned pretty quickly, Jessica.”

In March, an Obama-appointed judge ordered the Trump administration to return Abrego Garcia. The case was then brought to the Supreme Court.

While admitting their “error” in deporting the illegal migrant, the Trump administration advocated that Abrego Garcia remain in El Salvador due to alleged connections to MS-13. (RELATED: More Dems Land In El Salvador To Support Alleged Wife-Beating MS-13 Gangbanger)

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With calls to bring back Abrego Garcia from El Salvador, Democrats and media pundits repeatedly said the illegal migrant had resided in Maryland with his child and American wife prior to his deportation. But with recent reports surfacing about Abrego Garcia’s past — including released court filings showing his wife requested a domestic violence restraining order against him — rhetoric in support of the illegal migrant shifted.

“To say this administration never admits a mistake, you guys never admitted you opened the border for four years,” Watters said.

Tarlov pushed back, saying Democrats admitted their failures regarding the border crisis under the Biden-Harris administration.

“Come on! You’re saying this guy’s afraid to go home? Because that’s funny. In 2019, when he was popped, he said he wasn’t afraid to go home, Jessica,” Watters said. “Funny that you’re into due process now after bringing us the Me Too movement, cancel culture and the Trump trials.”

“You can’t break into the country and ignore the process of coming here and then want a process to leave. You cannot cut the line to come here and then ask to be put in a line to go home,” Watters added. “If you guys are going to be the defense attorneys for every criminal gangbanger in America after you’ve allowed the gangs to invade and now say all of them need lawyers, it’s going to be an eternity, Jessica, to get these people out of here.”

Watters then called out Democrat Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen’s recent taxpayer-funded visit to El Salvador to see Abrego Garcia, noting how the senator defended his meeting with the illegal migrant.

“The slippery slope argument. Is this the slipperiest slope you’ve ever seen? If they deport an MS-13 terrorist, you’re next,” Watters said. “Who? The Puerto Ricans? Anybody with a tan, Jessica? Are you next? No one believes that. This is the dictator hoax all over again. You lost on that the last time.”

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