Former President Donald Trump raged against Sen. Bill Cassidy on Monday, calling the Louisiana Republican âone of the worst senators in the United States Senate.â
Trump, 77, who endorsed Cassidy in his 2020 re-election campaign, fumed over the senator’s 2021 vote to convict him at his impeachment trial for his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol Building.
“A TOTAL FLAKE, Republican though he may be,â the presumptive GOP nominee for president wrote on Truth Social.
Cassidy was one of seven Senate Republicans who voted to convict Trump of inciting an insurrection.
âCassidy is a total âstiff,â but Louisiana didnât need him to protect them, because they had ME, 100%!â Trump wrote. âNevertheless, when the Democratsâ Impeachment Hoax started, this Lamebrain Senator actually voted against me.â
âHe thought it was so âcool,â until he got home, and was literally pelted with everything that could be used for such an inglorious happening, especially words, with lots of foul language thrown in.â
The former president noted that heâs âbeen too busy beating up the Communists, Fascists, and Lunatics who have weaponized our Government against Crooked Joe Bidenâs Political Opponent, ME, to think muchâ about Cassidy â though Trump has previously lashed out at the senator.
Trump claimed that Cassidy had his eye on running for governor in the Bayou State last year but opted against it after he endorsed Republican Jeff Landry.
âBill Cassidy is now shunned in his own State as a disloyal lightweight, and itâs a beautiful thing to watch,â the former president said.
Last year, Cassidy declared that Trump âcannot winâ the 2024 White House election, asserting that President Biden and Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis were the only viable options.
DeSantis dropped out of the presidential primary race earlier this year, and numerous polls show Trump leading Biden in a rematch of the 2020 election.
More recently, Cassidy criticized Trump during an interview with NBCâs âMeet the Pressâ in March over the former presidentâs rhetoric toward migrants entering the country illegally, calling it âdehumanizing.â
âThatâs why again, many people continue to have reservations,â Cassidy said. âAnd I say the best thing going for Donald Trump running for president is that heâs running against Joe Biden, about whom many people also have reservations. And frankly, thatâs why people are considering third parties. So itâs a sorry state of affairs.â
Cassidy is one of 15 GOP senators who have yet to endorse Trump for president in 2024.
The Post has reached out to Cassidyâs office for comment.
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