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Republican Bill Cassidy's chances of losing to Trump-backed foe (Saturday!)
Newsweek ^ | 5/11/26 | Andrew Stanton

Posted on 05/11/2026 6:13:43 PM PDT by cotton1706

Senator Bill Cassidy is trailing in polls and prediction odds in the Louisiana Republican Senate primary against his Trump-backed challenger Representative Julia Letlow and state Treasurer John Fleming.

Cassidy, one of the seven Republican senators who voted to impeach Trump following the January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, is facing two conservative rivals in the May 16 primary. The primary tests whether Trump’s once iron grip on GOP primary voters has softened amid his waning nationwide approval rating and if Republicans are willing to support a Trump critic in a solidly conservative state.

Trump backed Letlow, who represents the state’s 5th congressional district, over Cassidy. Polling suggests Fleming is also a potentially viable candidate with notable conservative support. Cassidy, a doctor, has been critical of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over vaccinations but has also sought to downplay differences between himself and Trump on the campaign trail in a bid to hold support among conservatives who still support the president.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: billcassidy; elections; louisiana; rino

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If Cassidy comes in third he's OUT of the US Senate.
1 posted on 05/11/2026 6:13:43 PM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

Cassidy is a quack....


2 posted on 05/11/2026 6:16:36 PM PDT by Paladin2 ( YMMV)
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To: cotton1706

Senators don’t vote to impeach.


3 posted on 05/11/2026 6:17:09 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (There is no gravity. The earth just sucks. )
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To: HYPOCRACY

You can’t expect much from an American journalist.


4 posted on 05/11/2026 6:19:07 PM PDT by Romulus ( )
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To: cotton1706

I’m glad that Fleming is staying in this race despite Trump’s endorsement of Letlow.

Fleming is a moderate. Letlow is a RINO.

Crossing my fingers that Cassidy doesn’t make the cut.


5 posted on 05/11/2026 6:33:34 PM PDT by Mr. N. Wolfe
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To: Mr. N. Wolfe

Whatever one thinks of Cassidy today, I’ll always be grateful that he rid the Senate of the despicable Mary Landrieu!


6 posted on 05/11/2026 6:51:14 PM PDT by pkajj
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To: cotton1706

Not a great track record of physicians as Republican Senators.


7 posted on 05/11/2026 6:56:39 PM PDT by montag813
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I’d cream my pants if and when Cassidy finishes 3rd.


8 posted on 05/11/2026 7:32:34 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: HYPOCRACY

Yes, but they do vote to convict on what whe House has charged to impeach. So, they are voting on the impeachment. But technically you are correct. It’s the House that indicts, snd the Senate that determines guilt. They are related, yet they are separate processes with the overall process.


9 posted on 05/11/2026 8:07:25 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Romulus; HYPOCRACY

Honestly. Journalists are so ignorant and lazy. And it appears all editors have been let go


10 posted on 05/11/2026 8:09:25 PM PDT by j.havenfarm (25 years on Free Republic, 12/10/25! More than 12,750 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: cotton1706

Hope Cassidy is defeated. Now if someone could defeat Dan Newhouse, who voted to impeach, would get defeated too. He’s a RINO.


11 posted on 05/11/2026 8:41:41 PM PDT by gildafarrell (To Strive, To Seek, To Find and Not To Yield!)
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“Now if someone could defeat Dan Newhouse, who voted to impeach, would get defeated too. He’s a RINO.”

Newhouse has already announced that he is retiring at the end of this term.


12 posted on 05/11/2026 9:27:27 PM PDT by Mr. N. Wolfe
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To: Mr. N. Wolfe

Cassidy doesn’t even qualify as a RINO. He’s a closeted Democrat.


13 posted on 05/11/2026 10:43:52 PM PDT by Schatze (It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.)
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To: HYPOCRACY

No, they don’t. Senators vote on impeachment CONVICTION. Cassidy voted to CONVICT Trump.


14 posted on 05/12/2026 1:33:26 AM PDT by Merrick (It's a car - that runs on water, man!)
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To: gildafarrell

Dan New house already announced his retirement. He’ll be gone in the next Congress.


15 posted on 05/12/2026 3:43:32 AM PDT by cotton1706
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