Chris Van Hollen: “you know, we are just 17 days into the Trump-Vance and, yes, Elon Musk administration, and we are already witnessing the…”

“you know, we are just 17 days into the Trump-Vance and, yes, Elon Musk administration, and we are already witnessing the great betrayal of what candidate Trump promised on the campaign trail. For the last 17 days, the Trump-Musk administration has been engaged in a reckless abuse of power that is already harming people in communities throughout our country, and one of the principle architects of this chaos is the man who is nominated to be the head of the Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought. But before I get into that nomination, let's just start with day one, day one of the Trump administration; because on day one, President Trump pardoned individuals convicted in a court of law of beating up police officers here on Capitol Hill on January 6. They bludgeoned them, they beat them, assaulted them. As the National Fraternal Order of Police said, that pardon sent a terrible message to law enforcement all over the country. It sent the message that political violence is OK as long as it is done in the name of Donald Trump. And since then, we have seen the Trump administration carry out retribution against FBI agents and Department of Justice officials who were part of the investigations and prosecutions of the people who beat up police officers on January 6. So if you are part of the effort to hold people accountable for assaulting police officers, they went after you. It sends a terrible message.…”