I knew this would go badly.....Trump slams Rep. Cuellar for running again as a Democrat after pardon

[1srelluc]

MSN

President Trump slammed Rep. Henry Cuellar on Sunday for what he called "a lack of loyalty" because the Democratic congressman announced his plans to run again as a Democrat, rather than switch to the Republican party, in his next bid to represent Texas in the U.S. House.

In a social media post, Mr. Trump suggested that he may have expected Cuellar to help Republicans maintain their slim majority in the House during the 2026 midterm elections after the congressman was granted clemency.

Trump recently pardoned him and his wife, Imelda Cuellar, who were both indicted last year on federal bribery charges. Their two daughters, Christina and Catherine, had sent Mr. Trump a letter in November asking that he pardon their parents.

The president claimed the allegations against them resulted from political targeting by the Justice Department under former President Joe Biden, writing in multiple Truth Social posts about attacks on Cuellar from within the Democratic Party over his views on immigration and border security.

I mean, what did Trump think was going to happen?

Never-ever trust a dem not to (figuratively) shank you in the ribs after they are cut a break.

I sure did not vote for that particular pardon.

 

[pknopp]

Because everything is about Trump and what he thinks he can get out of it.

 

[Marener]

Feels like Trump is basically admitting his pardons are part of a quid pro quo.

 

[Auld Phart]

MSN

President Trump slammed Rep. Henry Cuellar on Sunday for what he called "a lack of loyalty" because the Democratic congressman announced his plans to run again as a Democrat, rather than switch to the Republican party, in his next bid to represent Texas in the U.S. House.

In a social media post, Mr. Trump suggested that he may have expected Cuellar to help Republicans maintain their slim majority in the House during the 2026 midterm elections after the congressman was granted clemency.

Trump recently pardoned him and his wife, Imelda Cuellar, who were both indicted last year on federal bribery charges. Their two daughters, Christina and Catherine, had sent Mr. Trump a letter in November asking that he pardon their parents.

The president claimed the allegations against them resulted from political targeting by the Justice Department under former President Joe Biden, writing in multiple Truth Social posts about attacks on Cuellar from within the Democratic Party over his views on immigration and border security.

I mean, what did Trump think was going to happen?

Never-ever trust a dem not to (figuratively) shank you in the ribs after they are cut a break.

I sure did not vote for that particular pardon.

is he even allowed to run for a seat?

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Yep, Trump should have never given the pardon.

 

[22lcidw]

The D.C. club.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

Yep, Trump should have never given the pardon.

Unless they were truly unfairly targeted by Biden, etc.

 

[Meister]

MSN

President Trump slammed Rep. Henry Cuellar on Sunday for what he called "a lack of loyalty" because the Democratic congressman announced his plans to run again as a Democrat, rather than switch to the Republican party, in his next bid to represent Texas in the U.S. House.

In a social media post, Mr. Trump suggested that he may have expected Cuellar to help Republicans maintain their slim majority in the House during the 2026 midterm elections after the congressman was granted clemency.

Trump recently pardoned him and his wife, Imelda Cuellar, who were both indicted last year on federal bribery charges. Their two daughters, Christina and Catherine, had sent Mr. Trump a letter in November asking that he pardon their parents.

The president claimed the allegations against them resulted from political targeting by the Justice Department under former President Joe Biden, writing in multiple Truth Social posts about attacks on Cuellar from within the Democratic Party over his views on immigration and border security.

I mean, what did Trump think was going to happen?

Never-ever trust a dem not to (figuratively) shank you in the ribs after they are cut a break.

I sure did not vote for that particular pardon.

It's a resume builder in the democrat party. But, Cuellar may be too moderate for the
new socialist/communist democrat party to succeed.

 

[Blaster]

He accepts the pardon and then disrespects the President. Trump should not have pardoned him.

 

[Meister]

He accepts the pardon and then disrespects the President. Trump should not have pardoned him.

Trump may have tried to show that he could cross the isle and do
a solid for a democrat. Of course, it was destined to fail....after all, Cuellar
is a democrat.

 

[Zincwarrior]

Yep, Trump should have never given the pardon.

Trump pardons major drug traffickers despite his anti-drug rhetoric​

The president has granted clemency to about 100 people accused of drug-related crimes during his time in office, a Post analysis shows.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/07/trump-drugs-pardons-hernandez-venezuela/

 

[Anarchy666]

We are going to become a one-party dictatorship if the Democraps are ever allowed to seize power again.

 

[Zincwarrior]

He accepts the pardon and then disrespects the President. Trump should not have pardoned him.

He...gets a pardon and has to change his party? What?

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Yep, Trump should have never given the pardon.

Trump shouldn't be giving pardons as part of a quid pro quo.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Trump may have tried to show that he could cross the isle and do
a solid for a democrat

Trump was trying to do a solid for himself. It's literally the topic of the thread.

 

[Anarchy666]

He...gets a pardon and has to change his party? What?

Trump shouldn't be giving pardons as part of a quid pro quo.

In case you liberals/Democrats haven't noticed, your compatriots have declared war on everyone who is a non-liberal or non-Democrat. We are at war. Trump should do everything he can to stop the Democrat insurrectionists

 

[Meister]

Trump was trying to do a solid for himself. It's literally the topic of the thread.

Isn't that politics???
Everything is calculated, no matter which party it is, right?

 

[Concerned American]

Trump may have tried to show that he could cross the isle and do
a solid for a democrat. Of course, it was destined to fail....after all, Cuellar
is a democrat.

A lot of democrats dislike Cuellar. I worked with a flaming liberal electrician of Mexican descent in the early 2000s and he called Cuellar a 'pocho' Roughly translated, it is a Mexican who forgot where he came from.

 

[Auld Phart]

Trump shouldn't be giving pardons as part of a quid pro quo.

Trump shouldn't be giving pardons as part of a quid pro quo.

no president should, but it's been going on for decades, if not centuries, with both parties.

how do you plan on stopping it?

 

[Clipper]

Yep, Trump should have never given the pardon.

Too late now! h