Bill Cassidy Cursed Us All With RFK Jr. And Still Lost His Primary

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https://www.wonkette.com/p/bill-cassidy-cursed-us-all-with-rfk
Robyn Pennacchia

Thanks, Bill

This weekend, Louisiana GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy came in third in his own primary, making him the first sitting Republican senator to lose renomination in nearly a decade. The loss was likely due to the fact that Donald Trump campaigned against Cassidy in retaliation for Cassidy having been one of the few Republicans to vote to impeach him for inciting the January 6 riots. Apparently, despite his rapidly declining popularity (polling at a 37 percent approval rating), Trump still has enough clout to pull this off.

Cassidy used his concession speech to make a few sly jabs at Trump for spending his time "attacking people on the internet," noting that this is not something "people of character and integrity" tend to do, sort of like not accepting election losses gracefully.

"You don't pout, you don't whine, you don't claim that the election was stolen ... you don't manufacture some excuse," Cassidy said. "You thank the voters for the privilege of representing the state or the country for as long as you've had that privilege. And that's what I'm doing right now."

This would all hit a little bit different, of course, if Cassidy were not leaving us with the consequence of his attempt to worm his way back into Trump's heart: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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