Obviously planning on ignoring fat former President Trump’s insistence that Democratic Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar is innocent and somehow being framed or railroaded by “Joe Biden” after being indicted for accepting nearly $600,000 in bribes from some Azerbaijani and Mexican scumbags, Politico Playbook reports House GOP leadership are eager to exact revenge on Democrats for fellow federal criminal defendant and Cameo star George Santos’s expulsion.
“Can swing district Democrats buck their party leadership who is protecting Cuellar and say he should resign? The House Democrats’ official slogan is ‘people over politics.’ Are they going to subscribe to that or no?” an NRCC official asked Playbook rhetorically. That it’s coming from the NRCC should tell you this is more of a campaign messaging thing than something more immediate about the vote count in the House. Unlike Santos, Cuellar wasn’t literally ripping off members of his own party (and their moms), is well-liked on both sides of the aisle, and hasn’t been hit with an Ethics Committee investigation yet. Still there’s probably an opportunity to squeeze Dems and no one should be surprised if a Republican just charges ahead with an expulsion resolution soon.