{"id":1452514,"date":"2022-04-25T08:44:38","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T12:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1452514"},"modified":"2022-04-25T08:44:42","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T12:44:42","slug":"democrat-representing-rio-grande-valley-blames-biden-for-hurting-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-representing-rio-grande-valley-blames-biden-for-hurting-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Representing Rio Grande Valley Blames Biden for Hurting Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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-representing-rio-grande-valley-blames-biden-for-hurting-party%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=1452514&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><\/div>\n<p>Democrat Rep. Henry Cuellar represents the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) in Congress. In January his campaign office and his home in Laredo were raided by the FBI. Investigators were tight-lipped, as was Cuellar and his campaign, as the investigation was ongoing. It was reported that a federal probe into the former Soviet state of Azerbaijan and several U.S. businessmen were involved. At the time it was not clear if Cuellar was a target of the grand jury\u2019s investigation. Cuellar\u2019s attorney now says that he has been told that Cuellar is not a target. <\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s good news for Cuellar and his campaign for re-election. He\u2019s been in Congress since 2005 and is co-chair of the Congressional Azerbaijan Caucus. He has met with Azerbaijan officials, including the ambassador of Azerbaijan, Elin Suleymanov. This whole story was a shock at the time because Cuellar does not have a history of allegations about corruption. He is one of the few remaining moderate Democrats left in the House. He\u2019s pro-life and he\u2019s a border hawk. Cuellar is an endangered species in the Democrat Party and a constant thorn in the side of Joe Biden and DHS Secretary Mayorkas. The FBI raid, frankly, looked like Democrat dirty tricks coming for his primary challenger, a progressive endorsed by Justice Democrats and the AOC wing of the party. She ran against Cuellar in 2020. It\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tpr.org\/government-politics\/2022-03-02\/cuellar-cisneros-headed-to-runoff-in-key-democratic-primary-race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a tight race<\/a> and she has capitalized on the headlines against Cuellar. <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The race is a rematch from 2020 between one of the most conservative Democrats in Congress who touts a long list of local endorsements and a progressive who has the endorsement of Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA runoff is going to just be one step closer to toppling Cuellar as the incumbent and continue to center our campaign around the needs of our community,\u201d Cisneros told TPR. \u201cAnd we\u2019ve gotten this far because I\u2019ve stayed true to myself and my values and the values in South Texas. And even if it\u2019s going to take a little bit longer, if we continue working the way that we\u2019ve been working and reaching voters where they are, we\u2019re going to have a victory.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Let\u2019s hope that Cuellar wins his run-off race against his opponent. If his district has to be represented by a Democrat, I\u2019d rather it be Cuellar than a far-left progressive who has the opposite opinions on illegal migration and open borders brought on by Biden\u2019s border crisis. The best outcome would be for a Republican to be in that office but that\u2019s not very realistic to hope for. Meanwhile, there has been very little reporting that Cuellar has been told he\u2019s not a target. <em>Imagine that.<\/em> <\/p>\n<p>Cuellar has been very vocal since Biden took office about the chaos at the southern border. I\u2019m sure Biden would like for Cuellar to be replaced by a 29 year old progressive AOC wannabe. Recently Cuellar said he has all but given up on Biden, Kamala, and others in the administration who ignore his calls and refuse to take him up on his offer to show them the border. They pay him lip service, he says, yet we know that Biden has no intention of fixing the border.<\/p>\n<p>With all the chaos over the coming end of Title 42 on the border, Cuellar is sounding the alarm that Republicans are being given a gift from Biden and the CDC. It isn\u2019t only Republicans who are angry about the Biden border crisis, it is also Independent voters. That isn\u2019t good for Democrat incumbents looking to<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/04\/22\/dem-rep-cuellar-biden-hurting-party-by-lifting-title-42\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> hold on to their seats<\/a> as a wave election approaches. Biden\u2019s disastrous polling numbers have created some election converts in the Democrat Party and now they are sounding like Cuellar, too. <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis is not good for Democrats in November. You know, in talking with some of my Republican colleagues, they\u2019re saying \u2018We can\u2019t believe the White House is giving us this narrative. We can\u2019t believe that they\u2019re hurting Democrat candidates for the November election,\u2019\u201d the congressman told Fox News Digital on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd you know this, you look at the polls. The Republican voters are not happy by what\u2019s happening at the border. The Democratic voters are not happy. And if you look at the independent voters, they\u2019re not happy about this decision. So who are we trying to please?\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the past, I was the lonely voice on this. But no we\u2019ve got Democratic senators, Democratic members of Congress from other parts of the country that are not long looking at the P for policy, but they\u2019re also looking at the P for politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Cuellar was interviewed on <em>Fox News Sunday<\/em> this morning and made a point that I don\u2019t think most people realize \u2013 only about 40% of Border Patrol agents are actively guarding the southern border. About 60% of them are tied up with processing the overwhelming flood of migrants at the border. In other words, there are more Border Patrol agents doing paperwork than patrolling the border. <\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow Biden will meet with members of the House Hispanic Caucus. Cuellar said that only he and Rep. Vincente Gonzalez are on record against Title 42 being lifted in May. Gonzalez represents Texas\u2019s 15th congressional district. His district stretches from San Antonio\u2019s outer suburbs to the Rio Grande Valley. These two Democrats should be listened to by Biden and Mayorkas, as they represent areas that are at the epicenter of the Biden border crisis but this president isn\u2019t serious about protecting the sovereignty of the United States or national security.<\/p>\n<p>Endangered Democrat incumbents are desperate and running away from Joe Biden in order to save their jobs. It\u2019s likely too little, too late, as the malaise experienced by most Americans is real and there is no way this inept and incompetent administration can turn things around for voters before the November midterm elections. Biden does not have the spine to stand up to the House Hispanic Caucus or to other progressives because he ran on eliminating the very policies and agreements that worked for the previous administration on the southern border. He pandered to open border progressives in order to get their votes. We see the results now. The humanitarian crisis at the border is unprecedented.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrat Rep. Henry Cuellar represents the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) in Congress. In January his campaign office and his home in Laredo were raided by the FBI. 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