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BumRushDaShow

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Fri Apr 25, 2025, 04:18 PM Apr 25

Matt Gaetz visited El Salvador's mega-prison and saw people drained of hope. He then pitched it to Stephen Miller [View all]

Source: The Independent

Friday 25 April 2025 16:47 BST


Matt Gaetz visited the El Salvador mega-prison last summer and pitched the idea of sending migrants there to Donald Trump’s deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, according to a report. Trump’s failed nominee to lead the Justice Department was invited on a diplomatic visit by El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele in July 2024, TIME reports.

Bukele made Gaetz an offer during a dinner that he would be willing to imprison migrants that Trump wanted removed from the U.S. inside El Salvador’s notorious Terrorism Confinement Center, known as CECOT, according to the outlet. The next day, Gaetz was given a tour of the facility, which human rights groups have described as a “tropical gulag” rife with abuses.

“The conditions had zapped the inhabitants of any will to fight,” Gaetz told TIME. “It’s tough to see the state of the human condition drained of hope.” Gaetz then pitched the idea of sending migrants to the mega-prison to immigration hardliner Miller, a source told the outlet, who then presented it to Trump.

“One of the reasons I like it is because it would be much less expensive than our prison system, and I think it would actually be a greater deterrent,” Trump said in an interview with TIME.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/matt-gaetz-el-salvador-prison-trump-deportation-b2739596.html



These people are a bunch of craven sickos.
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Humans like this are flawed and yet many people admire them. Yuk! walkingman Apr 25 #1
Much worse than flawed... and definitely not human any more. ananda Apr 25 #6
Tom Riddle minus a couple of hoarcruxes MadameButterfly Apr 25 #21
Why in the world would Gaetz ever go there? FakeNoose Apr 25 #2
Hoping to "tour" the female children/young adult housing. n/t flvegan Apr 25 #9
He thought MS-13 meant Ms.13... rubbersole Apr 25 #10
DUzy worthy! Brother Buzz Apr 25 #13
I guess this is where we need to send Gaetz, for alleged raping someone. And what's ever happened to this ? How is it SWBTATTReg Apr 25 #3
It's "tough to see," so let's do it some more! Qutzupalotl Apr 25 #4
Gaetz, Miller, Bukele, Trump-- all simply evil LymphocyteLover Apr 25 #5
Himmler, Goebbels, Heydrich, Eichmann MadameButterfly Apr 25 #22
These people are vile. badhair77 Apr 25 #7
It's a conundrum. ShazzieB Apr 25 #17
If anyone deserves to be there, it's THESE motherfucking fucks Blue Owl Apr 25 #8
Depraved NAZIs Kid Berwyn Apr 25 #11
And Gaetz is a lawyer Grins Apr 25 #12
It's torture and illegal. Call it. MSM is soft peddling as usual. They are un-adjudicated and wrongfully "disappeared Evolve Dammit Apr 25 #14
It might be a deterrent for immigrants Mblaze Apr 25 #15
The problem is they can't find enough rapists and murderers MadameButterfly Apr 25 #23
Drool, drool! dchill Apr 25 #16
Perhaps... Godot51 Apr 25 #18
A good prison in another coutry where the ruler is in your pocket gives them a great opportunity to express themselves. SupportSanity Apr 25 #19
Gaetz loose in El Salvador, I'm positive nothing salacious occurred - yeah, RIGHT. NoMoreRepugs Apr 25 #20
They're channeling Fire Lord Ozai sakabatou Apr 25 #24
They are pure evil karin_sj Apr 25 #25
SCHADENFREUDE PURE AND SIMPLE vapor2 Apr 25 #26
Miller based the current situation on the 50s "Operation Wetback." Miles Archer Apr 25 #27
Gaetz should have his obnoxious ass in prison. oasis Apr 25 #28
Bukele made Gaetz an offer...? 3825-87867 Apr 26 #29
greaseball to greaseball, as it were. Godot51 Apr 26 #30
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