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President Donald Trump bashed Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., who is running for reelection, in a Saturday morning Truth Social Post, calling him a “sleazebag” and “a terrible guy.”
Trump originally endorsed Cassidy’s leading primary challenger, Rep. Julia Letlow, R-LA, in January, and renewed his support for her in his Saturday message.
“VOTE TODAY FOR JULIA L. She Is a winner who will NEVER let you down,” Trump wrote.
Trump’s criticisms of Cassidy centered on the Senator’s vote to convict Trump during his 2021 impeachment.
“Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana is a disloyal disaster. His entire past campaign for the Senate was about ‘TRUMP,’ how he’s with me all the way, and then, after winning, he turned around and voted to IMPEACH me for something that has now proven to be total ‘bullshit!’ He knew that at the time, but didn’t care,” Trump wrote.
Cassidy voted yes to convict Trump on a single article of impeachment which accused Trump of inciting insurrection in 2021. “Our Constitution and our country is more important than any one person. I voted to convict President Trump because he is guilty,” Cassidy said at the time.
TRUMP PICK JULIA LETLOW FIRES BACK AT CASSIDY BY CLAIMING HER PAST DEI WORK WAS HIJACKED BY LEFT
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., ranking Member on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, said the change to the vaccine schedule “is a mistake.” (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
He has been mired in an adversarial relationship with Trump ever since.
As chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Cassidy was instrumental in advancing the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Trump’s Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary. But he did so only after extracting a number of concessions from Kennedy Jr. and heavily criticized Kennedy’s past stances on vaccine safety.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., President Trump’s nominee to serve as Secretary of Health and Human…
