Trump impeachment and RFK Jr. votes loom as Sen. Bill Cassidy fights for political survival
Source: NBC News
April 7, 2026, 5:30 PM EDT
COVINGTON, La. Sen. Bill Cassidy knows Republican voters wont forget his decision to convict President Donald Trump in the Jan. 6 impeachment trial. But whether Cassidy is re-elected to another term in Louisiana this year may depend on whether they are willing to forgive him. During a recent campaign stop at an assisted living home in Louisianas Northshore, the first question from the crowd was whether Cassidy regretted his impeachment vote, as well as his vote to confirm Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Cassidy acknowledged those will be two votes that people will remember me for. But he also defended himself, saying he made his choices based on the best available information he had at the time. And he added that no, he doesnt think Trump should continue to be impeached.
Asked later by NBC News whether he thinks his impeachment vote will be a liability in his GOP primary, Cassidy said that it might be. But he also sought to downplay his rift with Trump as a temporary disagreement, noting he has voted with the president 90% of the time.
I tell people, Hey, youre married? Did ever your spouse do something that you didnt really like? And you work through it, he told NBC News in a wide-ranging interview that aired on "Meet the Press NOW." Im focused on the now and the future. If you want somebody delivering for our state, to make Louisiana a place where people move to set down roots, raise their children and grandchildren, Im your guy.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/trump-impeachment-rfk-jr-votes-bill-cassidy-political-survival-rcna266014
Interesting about the pushback regarding Brainworm host.
raccoon
(32,402 posts)As if threatening a country with total destruction is the equivalent of working through marital problems.
rampartd
(4,679 posts)trump has endorsed letlow to beat cassidy, and there is a third repub maga, fleming, in that primary.
Buddyzbuddy
(2,673 posts)Roy Rolling
(7,642 posts)98% useless, his vote to impeach LOrange Jello is the only thing to his credit.
Since then, hes been groveling to his GOP captors begging for forgiveness and running TV commercials with him and the Orange problem. Pitiful.
This GOP of 2026 is the most disgraceful and unrepresentative of reasonable constituents in history. My representatives are the most disgraceful of the cultScalise, Kennedy, Cassidy, and Landry.
Louisiana will have a special place in the history books under enablers, part of the most disgraceful generation.
Not me. He ha. I voted for Obama, Biden, Harris, and anybody not associated with these local a**holes.
They have established a brand, they just havent a clue what it is.
Errata: We are home to James Carville and Jim Miller, so the resistance intelligencia is strong.