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Republican Louisiana senator Bill Cassidy loses primary after Trump intervenes to oust him

Cassidy’s bid to win nomination for third term was imperiled by his vote to convict Trump after January 6 insurrection The Republican senator Bill Cassidy lost his primary on Saturday, as voters in Louisiana opted instead to advance two challengers to a runoff election after an extraordinary intervention by Donald Trump to oust the incumbent. Cassidy’s bid to win the Republican party’s nomination for a third term in the deep-red state was imperiled by his decision to vote in favor of Trump’s conviction after the January 6 insurrection. In what was widely seen as an effort to rehabilitate his standing with the president, Cassidy last year cast the deciding vote to advance vaccine skeptic Robert F Kennedy Jr ’s nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, flying in the face of the senator’s support for immunizations and training as a physician. Continue reading...

Republican Louisiana senator Bill Cassidy loses primary after Trump intervenes to oust him
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According to The Guardian’s source item, Republican Louisiana senator Bill Cassidy loses primary after Trump intervenes to oust him, Cassidy’s bid to win nomination for third term was imperiled by his vote to convict Trump after January 6 insurrection The Republican senator Bill Cassidy lost his primary on Saturday, as voters in Louisiana opted instead to advance two challengers to a runoff election after an extraordinary intervention by Donald Trump to oust the incumbent. Cassidy’s bid to win the Republican party’s nomination for a third term in the deep-red state was imperiled by his decision to vote in favor of Trump’s conviction after the January 6 insurrection. In what was widely seen as an effort to rehabilitate his standing with the president, Cassidy last year cast the deciding vote to advance vaccine skeptic Robert F Kennedy Jr ’s nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, flying in the face of the senator’s support for immunizations and training as a physician. Continue reading…

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