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MUST WATCH: Kash Patel Gloriously OWNS Chris Van Hollen After His Questioning Backfires

https://pjmedia.com/sarah-anderson/2026/05/12/must-watch-kash-patel-owns-chris-van-hollen-at-senate-hearing-n4952790

There are only two reasons why I even know who Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) is.

The first is that ridiculous trip he made to El Salvador to have margaritas with MS-13 gang banger Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

The second is that every time he's a part of a Senate hearing with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, he says something stupid and Rubio completely owns him.
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Well, on Tuesday, it was FBI Director Kash Patel's turn. During a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, Van Hollen, who never has anything of substance to say, resorted to bringing up tabloid rumors from The Atlantic about Patel's "excessive drinking." Here's what he said:

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Multiple reports, including reporting by The Atlantic, have alleged episodes of excessive drinking, unexplained absences, and behavior that concern current and former FBI and DOJ officials. You have publicly denied those allegations and filed a defamation lawsuit. So today, as you testify before Congress, is it your testimony that those allegations are categorically false?1.

"Unequivocally, categorically false," Patel replied.

"So there have been no occasions during your tenure when FBI personnel were unable to promptly reach you?"1. Van Hollen asked.

Patel responded: "Absolutely not. You can ask my entire workforce. They hear from me at every single hour of the day, as do these great gentlemen here, as do the men and women of the interagency and state and local law enforcement and the White House."

"And so there have been no occasions when your security detail had difficulty waking or locating you, is that right?" Van Hollen asked again, unhappy he didn't get the answer he wanted.1.

Patel wasn't taking the bait: "Nope. It's a total farce. I don't even know where you get this stuff, but it doesn't make it credible because you say so."
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"I'm not saying it, uh, Director Patel. I, I... It's been written and documented, and I..." Van Hollen began sputtering.1.

"You are literally saying it," Patel replied without missing a beat.2.

After a bit of back-and-forth, the FBI director turned the tables.

"... the only person that was slinging margaritas in El Salvador on the taxpayer dollar with a convicted gang-banging rapist was you," he said, adding, "The only person that ran up a $7,000 bar tab in Washington, D.C. at the Lobby Bar was you. So the only individual in this room that has been drinking on taxpayer dime during the day is you."3.

1. Van Hollen was relying on an unconfirmed, totally denied, annoymorously-sourced report by the NYT or WashPost or The Atlantic (or some other Dem-shill MSM outlet). He thought he could unsettle Kash Patel with the implied threat of being charged with perjury. Patel had the poise of being prepared and speaking the truth. After two tries and being challenged, Van Hollen was the one unsettled, and he blinked.

2. Table-turning, Part 1. Patel turned Van Hollen's weaselly semi-denial back onto Van Hollen.

3. Table-turning, Part 2, Patel called out, with the receipts, Van Hollen's own drinking bouts.

Will Dens ever realize that Trump's officials come prepared with facts, are ready to fight back, and are Hella-smarter than Dem Congress-Critters?

Obviously, the slogan is weak and a significant under-statement.

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I toured a "cancer center" - a facility where chemo and other infusions are done - a few weeks ago. It was pretty much a clone of the place in your link. Among other obvious things, patients are well separated, for privacy, and there are curtains for any who want visual screening. For two patients to converse with each other they would have to raise their voices, even more so to be overheard by a third patient.

This is proved fictional by the layout of the facility.

More accurately:

And they've known it for decades, and to paper over their over-spending sprees they steal from pension funds which likely will never be paid back.

CA has under-funded pensions for decades and played games with shifting $$ from one purpose to another, and still is held together by the industries that the state and local gooberments are driving out of the state.

Update May 2026

Almost four years debt free. My wife retired last December and I'm going to hang it up this December. We purchased a 2 year old car last May, paid cash.

Still maxing out my 401K and our brokerage account is growing well. I have a pre-tax rollover IRA, will start converting to Roth this year and finish  by Dec 2028. 2029  will have to start doing RMDs for my wife's 403B.  A solid retirement account system.

Because we waited to age 69 to retire and start our SS (and we have a small pension) and we have cut out unnecessary spending and have no debt, our fixed income will pay our expenses with a decent (and investable) surplus. I can say with a straight face that most of the progress we have made to secure our financial (and retirement) future took place during the last 10 years, from age 59 to 69. We plan on leaving our nest egg alone for the foreseeable future, let it grow and compound.

Have a great day everyone!