David MooreFeb 28

17 House Dems voted for Trump's $1+ trillion defense budget in September:

-Cuellar #TX28
-Davis #NC01
-Gillen #NY04
-Golden #ME02
-Gonzalez #TX34
-Gottheimer #NJ05
-Gray #CA13
-Horsford #NV04
-Kaptur #OH09
-Lee #NV03
-Delaney #MD06
-Rivet #MI08
-Mrvan #IN01
-Perez #WA03
-Sykes #OH13
-Vindman #VA07
-Whitesides #CA27

Trump said he will request a $1.5 trillion defense budget for FY27. (Total national security spending is already much higher, blowing past the $1 trillion mark many years ago.)

Dave Wasserman (unofficial bot)Feb 6
Interesting: just as TX Republicans didn't draw #TX28 or #TX34 as red as they could have, VA Dems didn't draw #VA02 or #VA06 as blue as they could have. But in a year like 2026, Dems may end up winning all four seats in question (if VA map clears hurdles to enactment).
David MooreSep 15, 2025

Do people in #WA03, #TX34, #TX28, #NJ05, #ME02, and #CA13 want federal spending to create jobs?

If so, they can ask their Blue Dog reps if they've read studies that education spending creates 3x more jobs than military spending. Healthcare more than 2x.

The conservative Democrats voted for a trillion-dollar defense budget for Trump's Department of War and defense spending in FY26, despite the Pentagon having never passed a financial audit.

https://readsludge.com/2025/09/12/blue-dog-democrats-vote-for-trillion-dollar-defense-budget/

Blue Dog Democrats Vote for Trillion-Dollar Defense Budget

The Blue Dog Coalition, a group of self-described fiscal conservatives led by Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA), largely voted for the GOP-crafted bill pushing defense spending above $1 trillion.

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Show threadCharles Gaba ✡️Jul 14, 2025
#TX28 Henry Cuellar (D) (won by 6 pts) ~127,000 ACA exchange enrollees are gonna be royally screwed starting in January via MASSIVE premium hikes due to Republicans letting the IRA subsidies expire.
Show threadCharles Gaba ✡️Mar 17, 2025
#TX28 Henry Cuellar (D) ~16% of total population in #ACA exchange plans ~21% of total population in #Medicaid/CHIP ~16% of total population in #Medicare ~23% of total population uninsured
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Show threadSludgeMay 4, 2024

Henry Cuellar faced close primary challenges from progressive attorney Jessica Cisneros over the past two election cycles in #TX28.

Nearly 20 congressional Democrats donated to his re-election campaigns, including Hakeem Jeffries and Nancy Pelosi:

https://readsludge.com/2022/06/24/here-are-the-congressional-democrats-who-donated-to-anti-choice-dem-henry-cuellar/

Here Are the Congressional Democrats Who Donated to Anti-Choice Dem Henry Cuellar

Facing a strong primary challenge from pro-choice Jessica Cisneros, anti-abortion Democrat Henry Cuellar secured crucial campaign support from at least 18 Democratic incumbents.

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Brad JohnsonNov 9, 2022
The truly slimy, oily Democrat @[email protected] has won reelection in a close race in #tx28
Mad Nash Beyond ThunderdomeMay 26, 2022

RT @[email protected]

Cisneros’ race isn’t over. If you’re in #TX28, we need you to track your mail-in ballot ⬇️ https://twitter.com/jcisnerostx/status/1529609958790242307

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1529612863786057728

Jessica Cisneros on Twitter

“This is a close race. We have a call to action: Track your mail-in ballot here: https://t.co/nT5P6o8pJn If your mail-in ballot was rejected, call our voter protection hotline: 956-413-7752 & we’ll help you cure it. We won’t stop fighting until every vote is counted. #TX28 https://t.co/zd4JErgAQ5”

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Mad Nash Beyond ThunderdomeMay 24, 2022

RT @[email protected]

Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer, Jim Clyburn, Hakeem Jeffries, and AIPAC are all endorsing NRA-backed Democrat, Henry Cuellar, in today's primary featuring progressive @[email protected]. #TX28

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/09/us/politics/henry-cuellar-nra.html

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/_waleedshahid/status/1529231562537304066

In Texas, a Lone House Democrat Has an ‘A’ Rating From the N.R.A. Can He Survive?

Representative Henry Cuellar is one of only three House Democrats with “A” ratings from the gun lobby. Now he faces a primary challenge from the left.

MusiqueNow   ✡️ 🇵🇸 May 24, 2022

To people in #Texas:

#TX

#elections

There is less than 2 hours until polls close.

If you haven’t gone to vote, make sure you get in line before 7 pm and stay in line until you cast your ballot.

If you have problems at the polls, call our #voterprotectionhotline: 956-413-7752 #tx28 https://t.co/aNaEdctSTW

Jessica Cisneros on Twitter

“There is less than 2 hours until polls close. If you haven’t gone to vote, make sure you get in line before 7 pm and stay in line until you cast your ballot. If you have problems at the polls, call our voter protection hotline: 956-413-7752 #tx28 https://t.co/aNaEdctSTW”

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