{"id":2535168,"date":"2026-01-13T14:52:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T19:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nrcc-ties-henry-cuellar-to-extremist-jasmine-crockett-in-new-ad-3\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T14:53:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T19:53:28","slug":"nrcc-ties-henry-cuellar-to-extremist-jasmine-crockett-in-new-ad-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nrcc-ties-henry-cuellar-to-extremist-jasmine-crockett-in-new-ad-3\/","title":{"rendered":"NRCC ties Henry Cuellar to &#8216;extremist&#8217; Jasmine Crockett in new ad"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fnrcc-ties-henry-cuellar-to-extremist-jasmine-crockett-in-new-ad-3%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=2535168&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--><p>The National Republican congressional committee is running a bilingual <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >attack ad<\/a> against Rep.Henry Cuellar (D\u2011TX), who was pardoned last year by former President Donald Trump.The ad accuses Cuellar of being part of the &#8220;D.C. swamp,&#8221; says he has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nrcc-ties-henry-cuellar-to-extremist-jasmine-crockett-in-new-ad-2\/\" title=\"NRCC ties ... to &#039;...&#039; ... in new ...\">collected taxpayer dollars<\/a> with little to show, and alleges he votes with progressive Rep. Jasmine Crockett over 80% of the time, labeling her &#8220;extremist.&#8221; Cuellar drew Trump&#8217;s ire after he filed for reelection as a Democrat soon after receiving the pardon; Trump criticized him for a &#8220;lack of loyalty.&#8221; The seat, in a large Texas border district, is considered competitive but currently rated &#8220;lean Democrat&#8221; by the Cook Political Report; Cuellar is likely to face Trump\u2011endorsed Webb County Judge Tano Tijerina in the general election. The NRCC says the ad will run in both English and Spanish to reach South Texas voters.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">NRCC ties Trump-pardoned Henry Cuellar to &lsquo;extremist&rsquo; Jasmine Crockett in new ad<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2471684\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE &mdash; <\/strong>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/national-republican-congressiona\/\">National Republican Congressional Committee<\/a> is launching an attack ad on Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/henry-cuellar\/\">Henry Cuellar<\/a> (D-TX), a vulnerable Democrat whom President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> pardoned last year.<\/p>\n<p>Cuellar filed for reelection as a Democrat just hours after Trump pardoned him, enraging the president, who slammed the Democrat for having a &ldquo;lack of loyalty.&rdquo; Republicans have long been eyeing Cuellar&rsquo;s seat in southern <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/texas\/\">Texas<\/a> and have tied him to Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jasmine-crockett\/\">Jasmine Crockett<\/a> (D-TX), who is in a challenging race to be the Democratic nominee for Senate in the state.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4417152\/la-fire-chief-brushes-off-calls-investigate-edited-palisades-fire-report\/\">LA fire chief brushes off calls to investigate edited Palisades fire report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4417001\/dnc-voter-registration-push-house-2026-midterm-election-tensions\/\">DNC launches voter registration push amid House 2026 tensions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4416598\/mamdani-goldman-attack-dhs-detention-new-york-city-council-employee\/\">Mamdani and Dan Goldman attack DHS over detention of New York City Council employee<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Democrat Henry Cuellar has been a part of the D.C. swamp for 20 years, and what do we have to show for it?&rdquo; the ad states. &ldquo;Voted against funding for our community, impeached President Trump, and endorsed [2024 Democratic nominee for president Kamala Harris]. Cuellar votes with crazy extremist Jasmine Crockett over 80% of the time.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The ad will run in both Spanish and English, as Cuellar sits in a massive border district in the Lone Star State. While the race is expected to be competitive, Cuellar has a slight advantage as the incumbent, with the Cook Political Report rating the race as &ldquo;lean Democrat.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cuellar, who does not have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/these-four-squad-democrats-face-brutal-primary-challengers\/\" title=\"Four &#039;Squ...&#039; Democrats face tough primary opponents.\">tough primary opponent<\/a>, will most likely face Trump-endorsed Webb County Judge Tano Tijerina.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Henry Cuellar has collected millions of taxpayer dollars over his 20 years in office and has nothing to show for it,&rdquo; NRCC spokesman Reilly Richardson said in a statement. &ldquo;South Texans deserve a Representative who works for them, not himself.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4416649\/house-oversight-committee-move-bill-clinton-contempt-of-congress\/\">HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WILL MOVE TO HOLD BILL CLINTON IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS AFTER EPSTEIN DEPOSITION NO-SHOW<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cuellar was pardoned by Trump of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/corruption\/\">corruption<\/a> charges pursued by the Biden administration. Trump cited the Biden administration weaponizing &ldquo;the Justice System against their Political Opponents,&rdquo; as the reason for his pardon, going on to say that the Texas Democrat was just &ldquo;speaking the TRUTH&rdquo; against open borders.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Only a short time after signing the Pardon, Congressman Henry Cuellar announced that he will be &lsquo;running&rsquo; for Congress again, in the Great State of Texas (a State where I received the highest number of votes ever recorded!), as a Democrat, continuing to work with the same Radical Left Scum that just weeks before wanted him and his wife to spend the rest of their lives in Prison &ndash; And probably still do! Such a lack of LOYALTY, something that Texas Voters, and Henry&rsquo;s daughters, will not like,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115678452939414622\">Trump said<\/a>. &ldquo;Oh&rsquo; well, next time, no more Mr. Nice guy!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NRCC links pardoned Cuellar to extremist Crockett<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3691,"featured_media":2535169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25206691925845.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[44460,34125,24808],"class_list":["post-2535168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-henry-cuellar","tag-jasmine-crockett","tag-nrcc"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25206691925845.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2535168","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\/3691"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2535168"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2535168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2535175,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2535168\/revisions\/2535175"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2535169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2535168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2535168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2535168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}