Breaking news, John: Moderate U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar was just indicted on more than a DOZEN federal charges.
The charges allege Cuellar and his wife “took hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from an oil company owned by the government of Azerbaijan and a Mexican bank,” according to CBS News.
Justice Democrats has been calling out Cuellar’s corruption since 2020, but special interests like AIPAC flooded in to buy this seat for an anti-abortion, corrupt moderate.
In 2020, Justice Democrats endorsed progressive candidate Jessica Cisneros in her primary challenge against Cuellar, the last anti-abortion Democrat in Congress. In addition to the outside spending, Cuellar was boosted by the Democratic establishment, which chose to prioritize an anti-choice incumbent over a progressive challenger who believes in the party’s core principles.
Jessica lost by only 281 votes against a corrupt politician because special interests flooded to support him and the establishment sided with the status quo. Now in 2024, special interests like AIPAC are flocking to spend $100 million in GOP megadonor money to beat our progressive incumbents like Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush.
— Justice Democrats