Henry Cuellar: US congressman carjacked at gunpoint in Washington DC

[Jose Garcia]

Last edited Tue Oct 3, 2023, 07:01 AM - Edit history (1)

Source: BBC News

US congressman Henry Cuellar was held up at gunpoint while his car was stolen in Washington on Monday evening, according to local media reports.

Mr Cuellar, a Republican from Texas, was reportedly parking about a mile (1.6km) from the US Capitol when he was approached by three armed people.

He was unharmed and his vehicle was later recovered.

US Capitol Police said in a statement that detectives were working to track down the suspects.

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66991932

[aggiesal]

1. The link doesn't work ...

Also, not all congresspersons from Texas are Republican.
In this case Cuellar is not a (R), he's a (D).
A quick search on https://cuellar.house.gov/biography/ would have revealed this.
Media shouldn't be so lazy.

[brooklynite]

2. Rep. Henry Cuellar unharmed after armed carjacking in DC (CNN)

Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar was carjacked in Washington, DC, Monday evening, his office told CNN.

According to Cuellar’s office, the congressman’s sushi dinner, phone, iPad and car were all stolen in the incident, which DC police said occurred around 9:32 p.m. Monday night.

“As Congressman Cuellar was parking his car this evening, 3 armed assailants approached the Congressman and stole his vehicle. Luckily, he was not harmed and is working with local law enforcement. Thank you to Metro PD and Capitol Police for their swift action and for recovering the Congressman’s vehicle,” his chief of staff, Jacob Hochberg, said in a statement.

The armed carjacking took place at the intersection of K Street and New Jersey Avenue in Southeast DC’s Navy Yard neighborhood, according to an alert from the DC Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency. Police are searching for three male suspects, according to the alert.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/02/politics/henry-cuellar-armed-carjacking-dc/index.html

[hamsterjill]

16. He's technically a D but many Texans would disagree.

He’s a smuck who was put into office by one of the leading Republican donors and he does what he’s told to do by that person.

The “D” beside his name is there because of the District he ran in.

[IronLionZion]

3. Deeply disappointed by the ridiculous amount of violent crime in my city

Nobody know what to do about it

[Seeking Serenity]

4. My heart goes out to you

[Elessar Zappa]

17. Still not near as high as it was 30 years ago.

But it’s still ridiculous. America is very violent compared to all the other developed nations.

[Seeking Serenity]

5. The silence in this thread speaks volumes (n/t)

[maxsolomon]

9. Say what you mean.

It doesn't speak volumes to me.

[Torchlight]

10. Sounds serious.

Good luck.

[mahina]

11. What commentary do you think is missing?

[Seeking Serenity]

12. Like, where is the outrage?

One of our congressmen got carjacked, had guns pointed at him, he could have been killed.

But because we don't have evidence that his assailants were MAGATS, it's kinda like, "Eh, that sucks. What's next?"

Except for one comment of despair, all the others have simply been pointing out the mistake in the BBC article.

[mahina]

13. Odd.

Outrage? Its a random thing.

Be you, baby

[onetexan]

6. Cuellar is a Dem, not a repig. Typo on the article.

[Delphinus]

7. Thank you

I was getting confused as to his party affiliation because this was reported both ways.

[IronLionZion]

8. Maybe BBC made some assumptions about Texas

sometimes people forget that Dems exist in red states too

[Skittles]

14. gun humping assholes

fuck them