House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has endorsed conservative-leaning Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) for reelection in 2020 as he fends off a primary challenge from progressive candidate Jessica Cisneros.

Pelosi, as well as the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, has a policy of supporting Democratic incumbents in the House, but the speaker said Saturday that she would have backed Cuellar regardless.

Absolutely, absolutely, absolutely, absolutely, Pelosi told Evan Smith, CEO and co-founder of The Texas Tribune, at the papers annual festival in Austin.

Im very, very proud of Henrys work in the Congress, and Im proud to support him even if I didnt have a policy of endorsing incumbents, she said, reportedly drawing some boos from the crowd.

Cuellar, a seven-term Democrat, voted with President Donald Trump nearly 70% of the time in the last Congress. Hes collected thousands of dollars in donations from the National Rifle Association throughout his career and received an A rating from the gun-rights group in 2018.