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Official portrait of Henry Cuellar; in the background, Donald Trump (composition)
Congressman Henry Cuellar launched his re-candidacy for the US House of Representatives as a Democrat, just days after Donald Trump granted him a presidential pardon for the bribery charges he faced. After all, Cuellar doesn’t take bribes.
Days after granting him a presidential pardon, Donald Trump harshly criticized the Democratic congressman Henry Cuellarfrom Texas, who decided to run again for the House of Representatives — for his usual party.
On Wednesday, Trump forfeited Cuellar and his wife, who were facing bribery charges. The couple was accused of having received thousands of Azerbaijani dollars and a Mexican bank in exchange for promote your interests.
A few days after receiving the presidential pardon, Cuellar presented his candidacy for re-election, as a democrat, and made it quite clear that he had not any intention of changing parties.
On Sunday, Trump had suggested that Cuellar had become a nuisance for the Democrats, because it is critical of the party’s position on immigration.
It didn’t take long for the US president to change his mood towards the congressman, whom he now accuses of lack of loyaltyin yet another example of what Trump expects from those who benefit of your decisions.
“I never spoke to the congressman, his wife or his daughters, but I felt great about fighting for a family that was tormented by very sick people and disturbed. They were treated so BAD”, Trump, this Sunday, in a long post on his social network Truth Social.
“One such a lack of LOYALTYsomething Texas voters, and Henry’s daughters, won’t like. Anyway, next time, no more Mr. Nice guy!” adds Trump.
Cuellar is considered one of the most conservative members of the Democratic group in the House of Representatives, notes the . His constituency, in south Texas, is one of several that the state’s Republicans redrawn in early August in a attempt to make them more favorable to the Republican Party.
Still, Cuellar has real chances of getting re-elected in the 2026 midterm elections. He just won’t do it for the Republican Party, despite Donald Trump being a nice guy towards him.
Apparently, Cuellar doesn’t take bribes after all.
