{"id":1104592,"date":"2021-12-10T00:28:45","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T05:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1104592"},"modified":"2021-12-10T00:28:47","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T05:28:47","slug":"democrat-rep-henry-cuellars-primary-challenger-receives-more-far-left-endorsements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-rep-henry-cuellars-primary-challenger-receives-more-far-left-endorsements\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Rep. Henry Cuellar\u2019s Primary Challenger Receives More Far-Left Endorsements"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrat-rep-henry-cuellars-primary-challenger-receives-more-far-left-endorsements%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1104592&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rep-Henry-Cuellar-dtx-july-30-2021-getty-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Rep. Henry Cuellar\u2019s (D-TX) primary opponent expanded her list of far-left&nbsp;endorsements this week&nbsp;in an attempt to seat a far-left&nbsp;Democrat in his place, despite his voting with his party to enact partisan policies.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Cuellar\u2019s&nbsp;attempts to please the far-left side of his party by voting to support the House Democrats\u2019 reconciliation package, his far-left colleagues and leftist organization endorsed his Democrat primary challenger,&nbsp;Jessica Cisneros.&nbsp;Cisneros is trying to take out&nbsp;Cuellar in the Democrat primary next year after her attempt in the last cycle came short, only&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Jessica_Cisneros\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">receiving<\/a> 48.2 percent of the vote.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) endorsed&nbsp;Cisneros on Wednesday. In a statement, she wrote, \u201cThe people of Texas\u2019 28th district deserve a Democrat that will fight for their families, not on the side of big money and obstructionist Republicans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJessica is running to ensure every person has quality health care, bring jobs back to her community, and restore humanity and justice to our broken immigration system,\u201d Warren <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatrickSvitek\/status\/1468616013713453059?s=20\">added<\/a>. \u201cJessica knows that when progressives are unapologetic about our values and who we\u2019re in this battle for, we win.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.980198019802\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m endorsing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JCisnerosTX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JCisnerosTX<\/a> for Congress in Texas\u2019 28th District because she\u2019s fighting for working families, not big money\u2014and she knows that when progressives are unapologetic about who we\u2019re in this battle for, we win. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oyi1YgHiSD\">https:\/\/t.co\/oyi1YgHiSD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ewarren\/status\/1468619441747472384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Additionally, leftist groups such as the Sunrise Movement and NARAL, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/politics\/jessica-cisneros-interview\/\">supported<\/a> her in the previous election, will be supporting her again.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201c<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Our movement was proud to support Jessica Cisneros for Texas\u2019s 28th in nearly defeating Henry Cuellar in 2020, bringing her within just ~2000 votes from victory. That\u2019s why we\u2019re excited to help finish what we started and seal the deal together in 2022,\u201d the&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Sunrise Movement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunrisemovement.org\/our_endorsements\/jessica-cisneros-for-texas-28th\/\">wrote<\/a> in their endorsement.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.055718475073\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our movement has already made over 10,000 calls for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JCisnerosTX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JCisnerosTX<\/a> \u1f44<\/p>\n<p>Early voting starts in just 70 days and it\u2019s the calls we make now that&#8217;ll make all the difference. Our goal is 100k calls before New Year\u2019s! Can you join us TOMORROW to reach our goal?? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yeR9fRiDAS\">https:\/\/t.co\/yeR9fRiDAS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sunrise Movement \ud83c\udf05 (@sunrisemvmt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sunrisemvmt\/status\/1468304074986729476?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.752508361204\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cJessica Cisneros, the 28-year-old human rights and immigration attorney who nearly defeated Representative Henry Cuellar in Texas\u2019s 28th Congressional District in 2020, is running again.\u201d \ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffc \ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffc \ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffc <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0nA4uiItez\">https:\/\/t.co\/0nA4uiItez<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LiberateAbortion?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LiberateAbortion<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NARAL (@NARAL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NARAL\/status\/1469034139055792135?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Breitbart News previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/07\/democrat-rep-henry-cuellars-primary-challenger-receives-endorsement-from-far-left\/\">reported<\/a> that far-left Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) and the&nbsp;EMILY\u2019s List, a left-wing&nbsp;political group that backs Democrat woman candidates, announced earlier in the week they also endorse Cisneros.<\/p>\n<p>As the far-left&nbsp;appears to oppose&nbsp;Cuellar, he has been a close ally to&nbsp;House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and the Democrats. Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/07\/democrat-rep-henry-cuellars-primary-challenger-receives-endorsement-from-far-left\/\">reported<\/a> that&nbsp;Cuellar and Pelosi are close voting allies.&nbsp;He has voted with her&nbsp;98 percent of the time in the most recent Congress.&nbsp;That includes the House Democrats\u2019 $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill \u2014 which President Joe Biden signed into law \u2014 and the&nbsp;$1.75 trillion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/19\/house-passes-behemoth-build-back-better-act\/\">Build Back Better Act<\/a>, also known as the Democrats\u2019 reconciliation infrastructure bill.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile,&nbsp;Cuellar voted for the&nbsp;reconciliation package, which ultimately <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/pelosi-on-reconciliation-hyde-amendment-not-in-the-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">did not ban<\/a>&nbsp;taxpayer-funded abortion, as would the&nbsp;Hyde amendment and Helms amendment \u2014 which are&nbsp;measures that prohibit taxpayer funding of elective abortion in domestic and foreign health programs. The bill also would&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/biden-bill-would-give-amnesty-to-6-5-million-illegal-immigrants-cbo-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">grant<\/a>&nbsp;amnesty&nbsp;to over six million illegal immigrants, according to the&nbsp;Congressional Budget Office (CBO).<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" readability=\"29.052631578947\">\n<p><i>Jacob Bliss is a reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow him on <\/i><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jacobmbliss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\"><i>Twitter<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Henry Cuellar\u2019s (D-TX) primary opponent expanded her list of far-left\u00a0endorsements this week\u00a0in an attempt to seat a far-left\u00a0Democrat in his place, despite his voting with his party to enact &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1104592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1104592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1104592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1104592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1104592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1104592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1104592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}