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27. 'No more Mr. Nice guy!' Trump erupts as Dem lawmaker he pardoned sticks with party
Sun Dec 7, 2025, 02:26 PM
Yesterday

I am not a fan of Cuellar but this made me smile. trump is an idiot who thinks that everything is transactional. trump gave Cuellar a pardon and so Cuellar needs to change parties and become a MAGA asshat.

'No more Mr. Nice guy!' Trump erupts as Dem lawmaker he pardoned sticks with party

www.rawstory.com/trump-267437...

HanaChronicler 🇨🇦 (@hanachronicler.bsky.social) 2025-12-07T16:57:45.241Z

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2674376461/

President Donald Trump lashed out at Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) on Sunday after learning that the lawmaker – whom he had pardoned this week following bribery and conspiracy charges – still plans to run for re-election as a Democrat, decrying it as “such a lack of loyalty.”

Cuellar, among the most right-wing Democratic lawmakers in Congress, and the only reliably anti-abortion Democrat in the House, was indicted in May of 2024 on charges for bribery, money laundering, acting as a foreign agent and conspiracy.

Prosecutors alleged that he and his wife accepted close to $600,000 from an oil company owned in part by the Eastern European country of Azerbaijan and a Mexican bank in return for him advocating for legislation favorable to both entities. The payments were alleged to be laundered through sham consulting contracts and shell companies.....

Trump then went on to write how he learned that Cuellar had decided to run for re-election, and apparently to Trump’s surprise, as a Democrat.

“Only a short time after signing the Pardon, 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 - And probably still do!” Trump wrote.

“Such a lack of LOYALTY, something that Texas Voters, and Henry’s daughters, will not like. Oh’ well, next time, no more Mr. Nice guy!

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That must have been a difficult decision. Turbineguy Wednesday #1
In my opinion as a lifelong Texan... hamsterjill Wednesday #21
And as a crooked republican, he would fit right in. Turbineguy Wednesday #22
That pretty much confirms Rep. Henry Cuellar's guilt. walkingman Wednesday #2
Trump pardons Texas Democratic Rep. Cuellar in bribery and conspiracy case LetMyPeopleVote Wednesday #3
There is no precedent for Trump's outrageous and corrupt use of the pardon power Prairie Gates Wednesday #4
Wonder how much that cost Cuellar. Vinca Wednesday #5
PROOF, we have got the worst monster ever in bluestarone Wednesday #6
Will this finally get the idiot voters in his District to kick him to the curb? Wiz Imp Wednesday #7
Bribery, money laundering? Those are just business deals -- good business deals, the best business deals -- in the KPN Wednesday #8
Americans voted for this clown FredGarvin Wednesday #9
Large? PSPS Wednesday #14
I'm assuming the poster means Electorally Polybius Wednesday #23
Ah, yes. The other infamous lock on minority rule. PSPS Wednesday #24
Rat Bastard Pardons Rat Bastard MayReasonRule Wednesday #10
Will a Democrat finally get a place in this administration? Bayard Wednesday #11
Trump wants to normalize politicians accepting bribes. LetMyPeopleVote Wednesday #12
Going after the Latino vote? Good luck with that. Martin68 Wednesday #13
Well, I guess now we know where all that money went that Cuellar socked away. LudwigPastorius Wednesday #15
Henry Cuellar, Mr. Anti-Abortion, fund raising for Republicans himself. speak easy Wednesday #16
Trump's Pay-to-Pardon Scheme LetMyPeopleVote Wednesday #17
MadowBlog-Trump's pardon for Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar fits a pro-corruption pattern LetMyPeopleVote Wednesday #18
He only likes Democrats who are criminals MustLoveBeagles Wednesday #19
Corrupt felonious president pardons yet another corrupt felonious politician. WestMichRad Wednesday #20
Approved by Jeffries RoseTrellis Thursday #25
MaddowBlog-Trump didn't do Republicans any favors with his pardon of an indicted congressman LetMyPeopleVote Thursday #26
'No more Mr. Nice guy!' Trump erupts as Dem lawmaker he pardoned sticks with party LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #27
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