Trump blasts ‘disloyal’ Sen. Cassidy while pushing challenger in Louisiana Republican primary
- On Saturday, Louisiana voters head to the polls as President Donald Trump attacks incumbent Senator Bill Cassidy, branding him a "disloyal disaster" while backing challenger Congresswoman Julia Letlow in the primary.
- Trump's animosity stems from Cassidy's 2021 vote to convict him during his second impeachment trial after the January 6 Capitol riot, an act the president labeled "total bullshit."
- Polling conducted May 6–7 puts Cassidy in third place with 20 percent, trailing Letlow at 42 percent and Louisiana State Treasurer John Fleming at 30 percent.
- If no candidate secures a 50 percent majority today, the top two contenders will advance to a runoff election on June 27, extending the battle for the Senate seat.
- The primary tests Trump's power to punish Republicans who crossed him; of ten House members who voted to impeach Trump in 2021, only four subsequently won reelection.
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Trump gets revenge on Republican who voted to convict him
President Donald Trump and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. succeeded in their efforts to defeat Sen. Bill Cassidy in Louisiana’s Republican primary, a signal of the enduring strength of the president’s hold on his party despite an unpopular war…
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Cassidy tried to get along with Trump after his impeachment vote. Retribution came anyway
It was a hurdle too high for Bill Cassidy to clear. The Republican senator from Louisiana had tried to satisfy Donald Trump and his supporters, but they couldn't forgive him after he voted to convict at the president's impeachment trial over the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S.
Fox's Chaffetz Badgers Cassidy On Impeachment Vote Ahead Of Primary Loss
Congressman turned Fox propagandist Jason Chaffetz went after Senator Bill Cassidy over his vote to impeach Trump during an appearance on this Saturday's The Big Weekend Show. Cassidy was trying to make a last ditch appeal to Louisiana voters just ahead of his primary loss. From NBC on that: Sen. Bill Cassidy’s defeat shows the price of dissent in Trump’s Republican Party: Sen. Bill Cassidy’s primary loss Saturday brings an end to a two-decade c…
GOP senator 'chewing his fingers down to a nub' as Trump leaves him hanging: MS NOW host
MS NOW's Jonathan Capehart on Sunday painted a vivid picture of one anxious Republican senator sweating out President Donald Trump's primary endorsement decision — and warned the GOP that Trump's habit of meddling in primaries could backfire in swingier states.Discussing Saturday's stunning Louisian...
Louisiana Republican Senator Bill Cassidy wanted his reelection campaign to deal with “the present and the future.” But President Donald Trump had other plans.
Bill Cassidy was one of only seven Republicans who voted for Trump's impeachment five years ago, and he is pleased: "It's nice to see that his political career is over!"
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