John,
More details have been reported about the FBI’s investigation into Henry Cuellar, which is exploring the corporate Democrat’s connection to Azerbaijan oil executives.
While we don’t know the full story yet, we do know this: As a member of Congress, Henry Cuellar hasn’t stood with the South Texans he is supposed to represent. Instead, he’s pushed the agenda of corporations and his far-right donors.
In fact, his first public appearance since the FBI raid was to accept an award from March for Life — an extreme anti-abortion group.
We’ve got a real shot to defeat Henry Cuellar and elect WFP champion Jessica Cisneros to Congress. With three weeks until early voting begins, we need to do what we can now to win.
Will you make a contribution to the Working Families Majority fund to help us get out the vote for Jessica in TX-28?
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— All of us at the Working Families Party
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From: WFP Election Alert
Date: Fri, Jan 21, 2022
Subject: This changes everything (TX-28 update)
John, it has been a week in Texas’ 28th Congressional District, so we’ll do our best to break it all down for you:
- Earlier this week, the FBI raided Rep. Henry Cuellar’s house AND campaign office, leaving with several boxes of evidence.
- While the raids were happening, Rep. Cuellar’s campaign manager deleted his Twitter account.
- Then, reports emerged that the Department of Justice is involved — specifically the Public Integrity Section (PIN). PIN oversees the investigation and prosecution of all federal crimes affecting government integrity, including bribery of public officials, election crimes, and other related offenses.
We still don’t know why this investigation is happening. What we do know is that early voting starts on February 14 — just 24 days from today. This is an opportunity to show voters Cuellar has a real primary opponent in Jessica Cisneros — but we have to get to work now.
Can you rush a contribution of $5 or any amount to our Working Families Majority Fund to help us get out the vote for Jessica? Every dollar helps us reach as many voters as possible at this critical moment for her campaign.
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Henry Cuellar is the last anti-choice “Democrat” standing in the House. The Intercept revealed yesterday that an adviser to his campaign also leads a dark-money group linked to abortion ban activists that recently ran ads against Jessica Cisneros.1
Jessica lost by only 2,746 votes the last time she ran against Cuellar. Unfortunately, he still has millions in corporate PAC money — $2.3 million, to be exact. That’s a lot of money to flood the airwaves with misleading and negative attack ads, so it’s critical we ramp up our efforts in TX-28 as soon as possible.
Rush a contribution of $5 or any amount to our Working Families Majority Fund today to help Jessica beat Henry Cuellar in the primary election. If we raise enough money to expand on our GOTV work in TX-28, we can have a real impact on the outcome.
In solidarity,
Team WFP
Source:
1. Henry Cuellar Gets Boost From Dark-Money Group Launched By His Close Aide, The Intercept, January 20, 2022.
