.@RepCuellar just spoke with reporters at his campaign HQ in Laredo. He reminded that he won his first race by a narrower margin. "I know what it is to do a recount in an election contest. We have very good attorneys, and if we need to, we will defend our election victory." #TX28
(1/2) Does a close race give you any pause about your politics/legislating?

Cuellar: I've always said "you just can't go w/ the wind. ... In my opinion, the Dem. Party has gone a little bit to the left in many ways. I want to stay true to my principles ... to my community."
(2/2) Cuellar acknowledged there are some areas that "don't know me that well," appearing to reference parts of San Antonio, where Cisneros dominated.

"I need to go spend time in the areas that need to get to know me better," he said. "But I'm gonna stay true to the principles."
(1/2) Cuellar voices confidence he'll withstand a GOP offensive in November.

“The issues that my very liberal, far-left opponent attacked me [on] are positions that I think that the Republicans have been trying to attack other Democrats [on]," he said. "They’re not gonna be
(2/2) able to attack me on issues about the border, fighting for Border Patrol, making sure that we don’t have open borders. So we'll see what [@CasandraLGarcia] does, but I think it's gonna be a little harder for her."
Cuellar on impact of Roe opinion: "Abortion is an important issue ... I totally understand that, but it's only one issue." You've also got border, trade, and oil and gas here.

"They thought that they were gonna win on one issue. This district is not a one-issue district."
For those asking, Cuellar gave remarks about Uvalde before taking reporters’ questions

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