Cuellar ducks abortion issue while campaigning through challenger's stronghold
Wednesday night’s rally alongside a member of Democratic leadership sought to boost support for U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar in a part of his district that helped his progressive primary challenger push the longtime incumbent into a runoff.
Yet days after a draft ruling suggesting the Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade was leaked to the media, Cuellar — one of the last remaining Democrats who doesn’t support abortion rights — talked about everything but the issue that’s now fueling his party’s base.
“I’ve always focused on education, on health care,” Cuellar told supporters at Smoke BBQ+SKYBAR on Wednesday night. “I created the first CHIP program … created the Texas Grant, the largest scholarship in Texas history.”
Cuellar, who has served in Congress since 2005, is now locked in a close race against civil rights attorney Jessica Cisneros for Texas’ 28th Congressional District. Cisneros held him below 50 percent of the vote needed to win outright in the March 1 primary, forcing a runoff on May 24.
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