Posted on 05/06/2024 3:27:51 AM PDT by RandFan
GOOSE, MEET GANDER — The indictment of Rep. HENRY CUELLAR (D-Texas) on Friday not only sidelined an outspoken moderate lawmaker and put a potentially flippable seat on the 2024 map, it picked at a scab that’s festered inside the House GOP for months.
Faced with the endless drumbeat of embarrassments from Rep. GEORGE SANTOS (R-N.Y.), 105 Republicans joined with Democrats in December to expel him from Congress. Kicking him out before he’d been convicted of any crime broke with House precedent and was seen by many in the GOP as a self-inflicted wound, cutting their already thin majority even thinner.
Now, Republicans are planning to argue, turnabout is fair play.
The $600,000 foreign bribery scheme Cuellar and his wife, IMELDA, are alleged to have participated in is stunning but nowhere near as jaw-dropping as Santos’ kaleidoscope of lies and grifts. And December’s expulsion came only after the release of a devastating Ethics Committee report detailing the New Yorker’s misdeeds.
But Republicans are betting the public won’t see much of a difference, and they are ready to accuse Democratic leaders and swing-seat members of adhering to a double standard.
Just like clockwork, DONALD TRUMP swooped in Sunday night to step on the GOP’s incipient messaging, calling Cuellar a “Respected Democrat Congressman” and accusing the Biden DOJ on Truth Social of targeting him for his relatively conservative views on border security: “They’re a bunch of D.C. Thugs, and at some point they will be paying a very big price for what they have done to our Country.”
Still, Republicans are confident they can weaponize Cuellar’s bribery indictment — and that of Sen. BOB MENENDEZ (D-N.J.) — to weave a narrative of a corrupt Democratic Party circling the ranks to protect their own.
What's the story here, Freepers?
Big picture.
The DOJ is corrupt and weaponized for political purposes
Folks in the DOJ are prolly raking in larger payoffs
Why can’t Trump condemn this dem’s corruption and also call out the dems for targeting him for his immigration stance?
Likewise with menendez.
Isn’t foreign bribery worse than the Santos stuff?
Just a bit!!!
And so is Bob’s pots of gold 😂
Oh, and he spoke out against the Democrat party narrative, and critized Camela
He broke the unity of the Narrative
Deep State is showing all other Dims what happens to those who step out of line
The GOP eyes payback for foolishly shooting themselves in the foot and ousting their own member?
Still nothing on Menendez?
An oxymoron.
“Respected Democrat Congressman”
Another oxymoron.
He goes on trial soon.
Hmmmm.....innocent until proven guilty...
....jury of their peers
Perhaps the Congressional District cannot be flipped?
Perhaps Cuellar is more Conservative than the Democrat who will be elected to replace him?
In 2022, Cuellar barely won (by 289 votes) his primary against 29 year old Democrat Jessica Cisneros.
Cisneros is an African-Mexican female who is Totally Woke on every important political issue.
Cuellar won by 13.5% against the Republican in 2022.
But he’s still a dem. Has Trump been contacted by the Deep State and what do they have in him?
This is Politico reporting on something DjT said.....probably not exactly as said, or meant, in context. I’ll wait for further details.
The story is that you can't see the Open Border Agenda of the Uniparty. Please stop focusing on the Rs and Ds on the players jerseys, and look at what is happening.
Stop NeverTrump.
Way worse. Santos just liked about his background. Like many in congress. Like pedojoe himself. Of course pedojoe ALSO takes bribes.
Trump can stay above the fray of pure party politics. It will be a great issue to run on this fall, without the “mean tweets” criticism.
EC
There’s no doubt the Bidet “justice” department is using this investigation as a warning to other democrats who might consider supporting border security.
But he’s still a dem. Has Trump been contacted by the Deep State and what do they have in him?
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It’s just a matter of time before you get banned again...ohhhh it’s going to happen and you can take that to the bank.
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