A political analyst was stunned on Sunday after President Donald Trump attacked a Democrat he recently pardoned.
On Sunday, Trump wrote a Truth Social post where he attacked Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX), who was convicted of money laundering charges before Trump pardoned him last week. The attack followed comments by Cuellar on Fox News that he would run for re-election as a Democrat.
“Such a lack of LOYALTY, something that Texas Voters, and Henry’s daughters, will not like,” Trump wrote in the post. “Oh’ well, next time, no more Mr. Nice guy!”
Sam Stein, managing editor of The Bulwark, discussed Trump's post on a new episode of "Bulwark Takes" on Sunday. He argued that Trump's post suggests the president expected Cuellar to become a Republican after his pardon was granted.
"Apparently they didn't work out the the details prior to Trump issuing the pardon and Quir just decides to run again as a Democrat. So you can imagine Trump's not a big fan of this move
Stein added that the pardon showed that Trump "decided to upend a live case of corruption against a sitting congressman for nothing basically," Stein said.
"It's just ridiculous," Stein added.
Cuellar's pardon is not the only one Trump has granted that raised questions. Trump also pardoned Changpeng Zhao, the billionaire founder of the cryptocurrency exchange Binance. Binance helped facilitate a $2 billion investment in Trump's World Liberty Financial stablecoin, according to reports.