Progressive Rep. Ayanna PressleyAyanna PressleyHow language is bringing down Donald Trump Over 1,400 pro athletes, coaches call on Congress to back bill ending qualified immunity Biden’s right, we need policing reform now – the House should quickly take up his call to action MORE (D-Mass.) on Tuesday threw her support behind Jessica Cisneros’s primary challenge to Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar (D).

The congresswoman praised Cisneros’s work as a human rights attorney, saying the progressive primary challenger would bring “bold advocacy and tireless activism” if elected to the House.

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“Our country is at a crossroads, and as the Administration in Washington, D.C., continues to advance hateful, draconian policies targeting women, immigrants, and other marginalized communities, the experience and determination of candidates like Jessica Cisneros is more essential than ever,” Pressley said in a statement released by Cisneros’s campaign.

Pressley’s announcement follows progressive firebrand and fellow “squad” member Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-CortezAlexandria Ocasio-CortezAttorney says 75-year-old man shoved by Buffalo police suffered brain injury How language is bringing down Donald Trump Highest-circulation Kentucky newspaper endorses Charles Booker in Senate race MORE’s (D-N.Y.) endorsement of Cisneros last week. 

Sen. Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth WarrenWarren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Joint Chiefs chairman says he regrets participating in Trump photo-op | GOP senators back Joint Chiefs chairman who voiced regret over Trump photo-op | Senate panel approves 0B defense policy bill Trump on collision course with Congress over bases with Confederate names MORE (D-Mass.), who is running for president, has also voiced her support for Cisneros. 

Justice Democrats, the progressive advocacy group that helped Ocasio-Cortez and Pressley successfully run primary campaigns during the 2018 midterms, endorsed Cisneros after she launched her primary challenge in June. 

The group has made targeting Cuellar, who has been in Congress since 2005, a top priority. 

Cuellar’s campaign spokesman, Colin Strother, told The Hill that the campaign was not focused on Pressley’s endorsement.

“Our opponent remains focused on endorsements from out of state PACs and politicians, while we remain focused on the voters of South Texas,” Strother said in a statement. “This isn’t the Bronx and it isn’t Boston, this is the border. We power the nation’s economy with international trade and oil gas exploration, but our socialist opponent and her out of state backers want to kill those jobs. Henry Cuellar it’s fighting to protect those jobs and that will be our message to the voters.”

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