Trump Rips Pardoned Rep. Cuellar for ‘Lack of Loyalty’

Four days after pardoning Rep. Henry Cuellar, President Donald Trump blasted the Texas congressman for “a lack of loyalty” by saying he would run for reelection as a Democrat.

In a fiery Sunday morning post on Truth Social, Trump said Democrats under former President Joe Biden “always use extreme force and jail-time to destroy their political opponent,” and added they sought to put Cuellar and his wife, Imelda, in prison for 15 years.

Trump argued the prosecution was political retaliation because Cuellar supported border security and opposed “illegals pouring into our Country, totally unchecked and unvetted.”

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