Speaking after the race results, Trump celebrated Cassidy’s loss and tied it to the Louisiana senator’s vote to convict him during his second impeachment trial.
“Tom Massie of Kentucky, the worst and most unreliable Republican Congressman in the history of our country, is an even bigger insult to our Nation than Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana,” Trump wrote. He added that Cassidy “suffered an unprecedented loss tonight by not even being allowed to run in the Republican Primary.”
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Trump argued Cassidy’s defeat was political payback for “voting to impeach an innocent man,” while accusing Massie of being “very disloyal” and a “major Sleazebag.” In the aftermath of the Jan. 6th Capitol riot, Cassidy voted to convict Trump on the charge of “incitement of insurrection,” saying at the time that he believed the president was guilty.
Trump also spoke of his support for Kentucky farmer and military veteran Ed Gallrein in his
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