Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) took a swipe at President Donald Trump’s ballroom on Wednesday, marking the lame duck senator’s latest split with the president after losing his primary to a Trump-backed challenger.
Trump’s week of primary wins against his political enemies kicked off with Cassidy’s loss on Saturday, when the Louisiana senator was knocked out by Trump-endorsed Rep. Julie Letlow (R-LA) and former Rep. John Fleming (R-LA), who advanced to a primary runoff. Cassidy has long been a target of the president’s since his vote to convict Trump during his second impeachment trial after the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Yet Cassidy’s loss has already come with consequences for the president. In the days following his fiery concession speech – complete with veiled attacks on Trump – the senator has repeatedly hit back at the president and his agenda. After Trump endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) in the primary for a Texas Senate seat, Cassidy told a reporter he “thought Ken Paxton was a felon.”
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