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Margaritagate en · PROPN

Etymology

From margarita + -gate. Coined by American politician Chris Van Hollen.

Meanings

  1. A 2025 controversy where the Salvadoran government provided Kilmar Abrego Garcia and Chris Van Hollen with margaritas and claimed that they consumed them.
    • Van Hollen referred to the stagecraft with a term that had ricocheted around social media for much of the day: “Margaritagate.” 2025 April 18, Meg Kinnard, “US senator’s El Salvador trip to see deportee Abrego Garcia dubbed ‘margaritagate’, a presidential deception he said”, in Stuff: