Trump reups beef with 'ungrateful' Cuellar for staying Democrat after pardon

President Trump ripped into Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) Wednesday evening for not switching parties after receiving a presidential pardon in 2025, the latest development in a feud that has intensified since the Democrat announced his reelection bid. In a Truth Social post ahead of a campaign rally in San Antonio, the president said he did not make a “deal” to gain Cuellar’s support in exchange for this pardon — ridding him of federal bribery and money laundering charges — like a “crooked politician would have.” “But I thought there would be a good chance that Cuellar, who was persecuted by Democrats because they didn’t like him, would have routinely gone over to the Republican Party — The people that saved him from years in prison,” Trump wrote before echoing these points during the rally. “Shockingly, Cuellar announced, only a few days later, that he is going to remain a Dumocrat,” he continued, using his derogatory nickname for Democrats. “Many considered this to be a tremendous act of disloyalty, and certainly, showed him to be an extremely ungrateful person.” Cuellar and his wife faced a potential 20-year prison sentence after they were accused of accepting almost $600,000 in bribes and laundering funds. Trump pardoned the couple after reading a plea from their daughters. The president also accused the Biden administration of targeting the Democratic lawmaker because of disagreements on border policy. The Democrat is running for reelection this November in Texas’s 28th C…