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Mr.WeRP

(770 posts)
Thu Apr 17, 2025, 10:15 PM Thursday

Senator Van Hollen Appreciation Thread

Let’s give it up for Senator Van Hollen for actually DOING SOMETHING about saving Democracy!

Thank you Senator!

I know this sentiment is shared by a vast majority of Americans!

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Senator Van Hollen Appreciation Thread (Original Post) Mr.WeRP Thursday OP
Way to represent Senator Hollen proud patriot Thursday #1
He is the REAL DEAL! Love him!!! ALBliberal Thursday #2
Thank you Senator! lapucelle Thursday #3
How many more bdamomma Thursday #4
This is what representation looks like!!! yellow dahlia Thursday #5
Senator Van Hollen gives me hope BOSSHOG Thursday #6
I commiserate with you, Boss. slightlv Yesterday #31
Senator Chris Van Hollen has stepped forward, shown courage Magats all lack. Judi Lynn Thursday #7
💙💙💙👏👏👏🫡 LiberalLoner Thursday #8
I always thought he was a good man. Now we know he's a great man. Liberal In Texas Thursday #9
Several more pics here dweller Thursday #10
I am in awe of Senator Van Hollen DaBronx Thursday #11
Thank you Senator Van Hollen! JoseBalow Thursday #12
Kudos to the courage of Senator Van Hollen - who stood up for his constituent and refused to take "no" for an answer! Rhiannon12866 Thursday #13
Brave SuzyandPuffpuff Thursday #14
🙏🙏 Keeping his word and bringing hope to the family during this holiday season. Deuxcents Thursday #15
Thank you, Senator! You are making a real difference. Ilsa Thursday #16
Kick for Sen. Van Hollen mcar Thursday #17
Thank you, Senator Chris Van Hollen! raging moderate Thursday #18
Thank you Senator! cate94 Thursday #19
Thank you, Senator Van Hollen wendyb-NC Thursday #20
Much Appreciation for your steadfast efforts, and accomplishment- proof of life for Mr Garcia electric_blue68 Thursday #21
Van Hollen FORCED THEM TO PRODUCE HIM Prairie Gates Thursday #22
Awesome work, Sen. Van Hollen! Wicked Blue Thursday #23
.......... gopiscrap Thursday #24
What a great feeling to see Mr. Garcia alive and well. Greybnk48 Thursday #25
Thank you for being courageous, Senator, and for keeping the heat on. hamsterjill Thursday #26
Very pleased. Thanks, Senator. BadgerMom Thursday #27
Thank You Senator. (nt) amerikat Yesterday #28
Thank you, Senator! IzzaNuDay Yesterday #29
Thank you, Senator! 4Sitka Yesterday #30
Did he actually expose his powder to the elements LuvLoogie Yesterday #32
Best lesson from this: DON'T give up! calimary Yesterday #33
Sherrilyn Ifill‬:Taking "constituent services" to the max. Well done, Senator CBHagman Yesterday #34
Thank you for your courage to stand up to Trump. Delmette2.0 23 hrs ago #35
I've been impressed by Senator Van Hollen during this crisis alarimer 23 hrs ago #36
He's opened a door for the more timid pols to follow him through. Bravo! Ping Tung 23 hrs ago #37

BOSSHOG

(42,072 posts)
6. Senator Van Hollen gives me hope
Thu Apr 17, 2025, 10:22 PM
Thursday

A true American Patriot, doing the right thing. I’m stuck with sack of crap freedom hating knucklehead Roger Marshall. A man who would force 14year old homeless rape victims to have their babies.. Senator Van Hollen on the other hand studies the constitution and takes care of his constituents.

slightlv

(5,393 posts)
31. I commiserate with you, Boss.
Fri Apr 18, 2025, 12:28 AM
Yesterday

Will KS ever again see good reps like we had when I was a kid

Judi Lynn

(163,271 posts)
7. Senator Chris Van Hollen has stepped forward, shown courage Magats all lack.
Thu Apr 17, 2025, 10:24 PM
Thursday

He has put his own life on the line to help someone else.

Hoping he will be protected, himself, and somehow make it through this ordeal unscathed.

He has earned everyone's respect and gratitude for seeking justice and salvation for an innocent man Trump has tried to bury forever in El Salvador.

DaBronx

(694 posts)
11. I am in awe of Senator Van Hollen
Thu Apr 17, 2025, 10:43 PM
Thursday

He is a man of courage and determination who is the living embodiment of his oath to the constitution and of his service to his constituents.

Rhiannon12866

(232,374 posts)
13. Kudos to the courage of Senator Van Hollen - who stood up for his constituent and refused to take "no" for an answer!
Thu Apr 17, 2025, 10:48 PM
Thursday

Deuxcents

(21,798 posts)
15. 🙏🙏 Keeping his word and bringing hope to the family during this holiday season.
Thu Apr 17, 2025, 10:53 PM
Thursday

And hope for all of us who value the rule of law.

Ilsa

(62,708 posts)
16. Thank you, Senator! You are making a real difference.
Thu Apr 17, 2025, 11:13 PM
Thursday

We are going to stop these illegal detentions!

raging moderate

(4,565 posts)
18. Thank you, Senator Chris Van Hollen!
Thu Apr 17, 2025, 11:16 PM
Thursday

Thank you for showing, once again, that you have REAL BRAINS AND GUTS! You are a GREAT SENATOR! I remember when you were a fairly new senator, and you flew during the night to rescue someone from Trump's misdeeds during his first term! MAYBE YOU SHOULD BE PRESIDENT!

electric_blue68

(20,848 posts)
21. Much Appreciation for your steadfast efforts, and accomplishment- proof of life for Mr Garcia
Thu Apr 17, 2025, 11:23 PM
Thursday

May the rest go well.

Prairie Gates

(4,860 posts)
22. Van Hollen FORCED THEM TO PRODUCE HIM
Thu Apr 17, 2025, 11:28 PM
Thursday

All the snark from the two-bit client state dictator and his weird ass bosses in DC don't change that. They were forced to produce him because a Senator from Maryland went there to ask after the status of a Marylander. Fuck yeah.

Wicked Blue

(7,862 posts)
23. Awesome work, Sen. Van Hollen!
Thu Apr 17, 2025, 11:29 PM
Thursday

I volunteered on his first campaign for congress many years ago and he has rarely, if ever, disappointed me.

hamsterjill

(15,756 posts)
26. Thank you for being courageous, Senator, and for keeping the heat on.
Thu Apr 17, 2025, 11:51 PM
Thursday

Let's bring this gentleman home now!

And may more Democrats learn from the example set by the Senator, and stand the fuck up!!!!!!

LuvLoogie

(7,964 posts)
32. Did he actually expose his powder to the elements
Fri Apr 18, 2025, 12:40 AM
Yesterday

and fire one of those cannon thingies?

calimary

(85,883 posts)
33. Best lesson from this: DON'T give up!
Fri Apr 18, 2025, 12:44 AM
Yesterday

If you can’t get in through the front door, check the back door. Or a side door. Or a big window. Or a basement entrance. Or a way in through the garage.

Or maybe there’s a trellis attached to an outside wall and leading up to an upstairs window…

Delmette2.0

(4,330 posts)
35. Thank you for your courage to stand up to Trump.
Fri Apr 18, 2025, 10:26 AM
23 hrs ago

Thank you for standing up for this family.

Thank you for showing all the other Sentors and Representatives how to speak for the Contitution, the rule of law.



alarimer

(17,127 posts)
36. I've been impressed by Senator Van Hollen during this crisis
Fri Apr 18, 2025, 10:29 AM
23 hrs ago

I've always thought of him as a good guy, but sort of dull. But this sort of quiet resistance is needed too. We need more of it.

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