GOP Rep Vandalizes Colleague’s Plaque After El Salvador Trip
Representative Mike Collins mistakenly Photoshopped a Senate office plaque, intending to mock Senator Chris Van Hollen’s visit to El Salvador to see a deported constituent. Instead of altering Van Hollen’s plaque, Collins digitally altered the plaque of Republican Senator Rick Scott, a past political ally. The altered image showed “El Salvador” replacing Scott’s constituency information. This error followed Collins’s previous accusations that Van Hollen was consorting with an MS-13 gang member, a claim that lacks supporting evidence.