Dr. Cassidy he dead
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Remember that one time that Bill Cassidy almost displayed some independence in the face of MAGA and MAHA?
Donald Trump sure does:
Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana on Saturday lost his Republican primary and the chance to seek a third term, after President Trump targeted him for defeat in retaliation for voting to convict him in his impeachment trial five years ago.
In a result that underscored the durability of Mr. Trump’s grip on his party, Representative Julia Letlow, the president’s chosen candidate, finished well ahead, drawing about 45 percent of the vote. John Fleming, the state treasurer and a former Trump administration official, edged out Mr. Cassidy to finish second, with about 28 percent of the vote.
Both Ms. Letlow and Mr. Fleming will advance to a runoff on June 27, according to The Associated Press.
Neither secured a majority of votes. But Mr. Cassidy, who voted to remove Mr. Trump in 2021 for inciting insurrection and has clashed with the Make America Healthy Again movement over vaccines, could not even secure enough support in his state to stay in the race, finishing with around 25 percent of the vote.
Aw, that’s a tough break. At least Trump dealt with the results in a classy and dignified manner, befitting a man who became president of the United States last night:
After the race was called, Mr. Trump celebrated in a social media post, writing that Mr. Cassidy’s “disloyalty to the man who got him elected is now a part of legend, and it’s nice to see that his political career is OVER!”
Mr. Cassidy’s defeat was the latest victory in Mr. Trump’s campaign of political retribution against Republicans who have defied him. This month, the president and his political operation successfully backed challengers to Indiana lawmakers who rejected his demands on redistricting. On Tuesday, he will try to unseat Representative Thomas Massie, a Kentucky libertarian who is Mr. Trump’s most vocal Republican critic in the House.
Even as a two-term incumbent with a powerful committee chairmanship and millions of dollars in his campaign war chest, Mr. Cassidy was not able to overcome attacks from Mr. Trump and others in his party.
In his concession speech, Mr. Cassidy, who shied away from directly criticizing the president while running for re-election, took thinly veiled swipes at Mr. Trump and his repeated false claims of election rigging.
“When you participate in democracy, sometimes it doesn’t turn out the way you want it to,” he told dozens of supporters in Baton Rouge. “But you don’t pout. You don’t whine. You don’t claim that an election was stolen from you.”
Get off the grift, Bill. You don’t have the stomach for it.