Trump Unloads After Pardoned Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar Launches Election Bid As Democrat

Trump says, “No more Mr. Nice Guy.”

President Donald Trump blasted Democratic Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar on Sunday after the lawmaker announced he will seek reelection as a Democrat — even after Trump pardoned him and his wife, Imelda.

Cuellar confirmed Wednesday that he intends to run again under the Democratic banner, making the declaration just hours after receiving the pardons.

In a TRUTH Social post, Trump accused Democrats under Biden of spending years trying to “destroy” Cuellar and his family through what he framed as aggressive, politically motivated prosecutions.

“Can you imagine??? The Democrats, under the Crooked Joe Biden Administration, who always use extreme force and jail-time to destroy their political opponent, wanted to put Congressman Henry Cuellar, and his wife, Imelda, in PRISON, for 15 years, which I predicted these Radical Left Lunatics would do,” Trump wrote. “And they never stopped wanting to fulfill this evil quest! The Dems mercilessly went after Henry with everything they had!”

Trump continued: “They were looking to destroy him, his lovely wife, his two young daughters, and anyone close to them. When the Democrats overwhelmingly lost the 2024 Presidential Election, and power with it, they, regardless, did everything they could to keep going after the Cuellar family. The Dems were vicious, and all because Henry strongly wanted, correctly, BORDER SECURITY! He was against illegals pouring into our Country, totally unchecked and unvetted.”

Trump said he was confident he made the right call, describing the pardon as potentially life-saving for a family he said had been “tormented by very sick and deranged people.”

“Congressman Henry Cuellar announced that he will be ‘running’ 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,” Trump concluded. “And probably still do! Such a lack of LOYALTY, something that Texas Voters, and Henry’s daughters, will not like. Oh’ [sic] well, next time, no more Mr. Nice guy!”

Cuellar was on Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo, where he addressed President Trump’s TRUTH Social reaction.

Watch the clip below:

Today, exclusively on @SundayFutures with @MariaBartiromo, Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX) @RepCuellar spoke about receiving a pardon from President Trump.@FoxNews pic.twitter.com/e9FWHC1fX4

— SundayMorningFutures (@SundayFutures) December 7, 2025