GOP senator says Trump shouldn't send Americans to foreign prisons: 'We have our own laws'

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Hill

04/20/25 1:26 PM ET


Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) said on Sunday he does not think the law would allow President Trump to send United States citizens convicted of violent crimes to Salvadoran prisons, despite the president’s suggestion that he might be open to that possibility.

“No, ma’am. Nor should it be considered appropriate or moral,” Kennedy told NBC News’s Kristen Welker when asked on “Meet the Press” whether he thinks such a move would be legal.

“We have our own laws,” he continued. “We have the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution. We shouldn’t send prisoners to foreign countries in my judgment.”

Trump, in a meeting Monday with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, indicated he would be open to sending American citizens who are violent criminals to El Salvador to be held in a notorious prison there. He told reporters that Attorney General Pam Bondi is looking into the law on the matter.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5257772-gop-senator-trump-shouldnt-send-americans-to-foreign-prisons/

[Ocelot II]

1. We have plenty of our own shitty prisons.

[CrispyQ]

2. "Pam Bondi is looking into the law on the matter."

Shouldn't the person already elevated to AG know the law on that matter? JFC, this is the not-ready-for-prime-time-fuckups.

[hlthe2b]

4. Well, Mr. UVA and Oxford University law grad didn't forget EVERYTHING after all..

Lawyer "corn-pone" actually remembers something from that ELITE education...

[Norrrm]

5. Trump's concentration camp(s) vs prison

[rurallib]

6. I suppose for a MAGA this is a huge breakthrough

[JoseBalow]

7. Working for that sweet Private Prison Industry lobby money

[50 Shades Of Blue]

8. Countdown to Kennedy changing his tune.

[BaronChocula]

9. It said from its special corner in hell n/t

[AllyCat]

10. So much weirdness in this statement.

[MayReasonRule]

11. Make No Mistake - John Kennedy Is A Fascist Turd Through And Through

May Darwin serve us well... and quickly.

[BumRushDaShow]

12. He's a nasty one

and YOUR Senator!!!!!

[MayReasonRule]

13. Yep. The Entire State Of Lousiana Is Under Y'all Qaeda Rule. Landry Is The Darwin Award Winner's "Dear Leader"

I remember when the two major candidates for governor were mob boos Edwards and Grand Wizard Duke.

I voted for the crook.

I loathe the malevolent.
I seek to expose and defeat them at each and every turn.

I'm in the newest blue district (one of two) which Y'all Qaeda incessantly seeks to eliminate.

It's no pretty picture I can tell ya' that.

None the less I refuse to let the fascist bastards steal my joie de vivre!

I and mine continue to do the next right thing within arms reach of our selves and embrace what we love.

Happy Monday to ya' BumRushDaShow!
Don't let the bastards get ya' down!

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

14. No one that I know of has asked the question;

why are we sending them out of the country? I think it's because 47 told El Salvador, 'we'll pay you to keep them'. The part he doesn't say out loud is 'and you'll kickback 30% to me' ............