Patriot Brief

• Trump blasted Cuellar for staying Democrat after receiving a presidential pardon.

• Trump accused Democrats of weaponizing prosecutions against dissenters.

• Cuellar says he’ll work with Trump despite party differences.

This is peak Washington dysfunction. Donald Trump steps in, ends what he calls a politically motivated prosecution, spares a congressman’s family years of legal hell — and the recipient turns around and says, “Thanks, boss… I’m still running as a Democrat.” You can practically hear Trump’s head explode through the Truth Social post.

Trump’s frustration isn’t hard to understand. Cuellar was targeted precisely because he broke with Democrats on border security — one of the few Texas Democrats willing to say the obvious out loud. Biden’s DOJ went after him anyway, and Trump pulled the plug. Loyalty might not be legally required, but politically? This is the kind of move that guarantees Trump won’t go out of his way next time.

Cuellar’s trying to thread the needle as a “conservative Democrat,” but that label is rapidly becoming extinct. Trump made it clear: cross the party on border security, get punished by Democrats — and don’t expect endless grace from Republicans either.

From Western Journal:

President Donald Trump ripped into Democratic Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar on Sunday after the lawmaker said he will seek reelection as part of the Democratic Party despite Trump pardoning him and his wife, Imelda.

Cuellar said Wednesday he will seek reelection as a Democrat, confirming the decision just hours after Trump pardoned him. In a Sunday post on Truth Social, Trump said Democrats during the Biden administration spent years trying to destroy Cuellar and his family through what he described as aggressive and politically motivated prosecutions.

“Can you imagine??? The Democrats, under the Crooked Joe Biden Administration, who always use extreme force and jail-time to destroy their political opponent, wanted to put Congressman Henry Cuellar, and his wife, Imelda, in PRISON, for 15 years, which I predicted these Radical Left Lunatics would do,” Trump wrote. “And they never stopped wanting to fulfill this evil quest! The Dems mercilessly went after Henry with everything they had!”

Trump said Democrats viciously targeted Cuellar and his family long after losing the 2024 election.

“They were looking to destroy him, his lovely wife, his two young daughters, and anyone close to them. When the Democrats overwhelmingly lost the 2024 Presidential Election, and power with it, they, regardless, did everything they could to keep going after the Cuellar family. The Dems were vicious, and all because Henry strongly wanted, correctly, BORDER SECURITY! He was against illegals pouring into our Country, totally unchecked and unvetted.”

Trump said he felt confident at the time he had done the right thing, describing the pardon as potentially life-saving for a family he said had been “tormented by very sick and deranged people.” He also said he left the Oval Office convinced the decision served both fairness and principle.

“Congressman Henry Cuellar announced that he will be ‘running’ for Congress again, in the Great State of Texas (a State where I received the highest number of votes ever recorded!), as a Democrat, continuing to work with the same Radical Left Scum that just weeks before wanted him and his wife to spend the rest of their lives in Prison,” Trump concluded. “And probably still do! Such a lack of LOYALTY, something that Texas Voters, and Henry’s daughters, will not like. Oh’ [sic] well, next time, no more Mr. Nice guy!”

Cuellar said he considers himself willing to support Trump’s success.

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