If there's one thing we can always count on, it's Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar making life difficult for his fellow Democrats. Politico reports that Cuellar attended and invited his supporters to a fundraiser for Republican Rep. John Carter, who faces a vigorous challenge from Democrat MJ Hegar in Texas's 31st District. Hegar even has the support of the conservative Blue Dog Coalition, where Cuellar is a co-chair.
Sadly, this is far from out of character for Cuellar, who infamously backed George W. Bush in 2000 and is the extremely rare Democrat who has been endorsed by the radical anti-tax Club for Growth. This year alone, Cuellar was the one Democrat who held off on signing a discharge petition to force a vote on a bill to protect Dreamers until the very last day to do so. According to Fivethirtyeight, Cuellar also votes with Donald Trump more than any Democrat in either chamber of Congress. Cuellar represents a Laredo-area seat that went from 60-39 Obama to 58-38 Clinton, so he hardly needs to act like this in order to get re-elected.
Unfortunately, Cuellar has not faced a serious primary challenge in a very, very long time. In fact, 2016 was the only time over the last decade that he faced any primary challenge whatsoever, and he won 90-10. Hopefully, 2020 will be very different.
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