By now, if you’re a RedState regular, you know the story of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the illegal immigrant, alleged MS-13 gang member, and accused wife abuser who was deported to the El Salvador CECOT mega-prison. Democrats like Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen have headed down to the Central American country to try to negotiate his release, although President Nayib Bukele has shown zero inclination to send him back. Meanwhile, four more Dems headed down South on Monday to continue the failure theater.

But the Democrats aren’t the only ones shilling for Abrego Garcia—their partners in the mainstream press have been busy gaslighting the American public as well. Is he a "Maryland father?" No, he's an illegal alien who's lived in the U.S. for years and has never made any attempt to become a citizen. Is he an American citizen who was unlawfully deported? No, he’s in this country illegally and had a valid deportation order issued against him. (It is true that he wasn’t supposed to be deported to El Salvador because he was fearful of opposing gangs, but he is not and never was an American citizen.

The folks at MSNBC, CNN, and the like don’t care about things like that, though:

This past week, the Trump administration revealed more incriminating evidence about Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the illegal alien recently deported to El Salvador despite a withholding of removal to that country. Yet liberal cable networks CNN and MSNBC have mostly ignored the latest developments, and instead have continued to obfuscate the truth about this so-called “Maryland man.”

If you still had any doubt about how deceptive the left-wing media truly is—watch this.

Count how many times they say “Maryland Man” or “Maryland Father” in just 90 seconds.

This isn’t journalism.
It’s PROPAGANDA on overdrive. pic.twitter.com/XjiqFj2e7f

— Wesley Hunt (@WesleyHuntTX) April 21, 2025

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Here's the Amusing Answer to Whether Those 4 Dems Got in to See Abrego Garcia

They’ve single-handedly turned the term “Maryland Man” into a meme, according to a study:

Summary of Findings:

CNN and MSNBC referred to Kilmar Abrego Garcia as a “Maryland man” or similar terminology a total of 506 times in three weeks.

Garcia was described as being from Maryland nearly five times more often than he was described as being from El Salvador.

Only 10% of the 318 reports about Garcia on both networks included any mention that he was in the U.S. illegally.

Talking heads on MSNBC were almost twice as likely to misrepresent Garcia’s immigration status as they were to describe it correctly.

"They Call Him... The Maryland Man."
The @DontWalkRUN Supercut! pic.twitter.com/VCqeXB069U

— Andrew @ Don’t Walk, RUN! (@DontWalkRUN) April 21, 2025

Homeland Security has taken note of the misinformation being spewed:

Kilmar Abrego Garcia had a history of violence and was not the upstanding “Maryland Man” the media has portrayed him as.

According to court filings, Garcia’s wife sought a domestic violence restraining order against him, claiming he punched, scratched, and ripped off her shirt,… pic.twitter.com/FpSV0k3i90

— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) April 16, 2025

According to court filings, Garcia’s wife sought a domestic violence restraining order against him, claiming he punched, scratched, and ripped off her shirt, among other harm. 

This MS-13 gang member is not a sympathetic figure.

But it’s not just a “sense” that they’re misreporting the story; there are actual numbers to back up the assertion:

Across 161 stories about Garcia, MSNBC only bothered to mention that he was in the U.S. illegally 11 times (6.8%). Furthermore, the fact that he was El Salvadoran, and not an American citizen, was only included in 30 percent of their reports (48 times). Meanwhile, CNN mentioned Garcia’s illegal status just 21 times across 157 different segments (13.4%), and his status as a Salvadoran national featured in 34 percent of reports (54 times).

Both networks together mentioned Garcia’s El Salvadoran nationality in just under one third of all reports: 102 times total across 506 segments. In other words, they were nearly five times more likely to describe Garcia as being from Maryland than they were to correctly identify his country of origin.

People sometimes ask, why do you even cover the foibles of the leftist media? We all know they’re dishonest. We do it because they helped get the most destructive president possibly in U.S. history—Joe Biden—into office by consistently lying to the American people, and they’re hellbent on destroying Donald Trump and his second term as the commander-in-chief.

They must be called out at every opportunity.

America dodged a bullet when Donald Trump beat Kamala Harris at the ballot box.

One reason why he won is because conservative outlets like RedState kept bringing you the unvarnished truth, and we didn’t try to gaslight you like the mainstream media did.

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