29 sources checked · Left, Center, and Right included · 4h ago
Headlines vary from simply reporting Cassidy's loss to explicitly crediting Trump with his defeat, using strong action verbs.
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Republican Senator Bill Cassidy spoke out after losing the Louisiana primary as Rep. Julia Letlow and state Treasurer John Fleming advance to a runoff. Cassidy spoke about democracy during...
President Trump said on Saturday that it’s “nice to see” Sen. Bill Cassidy’s career is over following his humiliating performance […]
Senator Bill Cassidy, a two-term Republican who voted to convict President Trump in his 2021 impeachment trial, could not muster enough votes to continue to a runoff next month.
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 v...
Sen. Bill Cassidy’s (R-La.) primary loss is a massive warning sign for any Republicans who’ve provoked the president’s wrath — like Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie.
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) lost his reelection bid on Saturday night in Louisiana's U. S. Senate primary race, and Rep. Julia Letlow (R-LA), who is endorsed by President Donald Trump, and Lou...
A challenger backed by Trump, Louisiana Rep. Julia Letlow, and State Treasurer John Fleming are headed to a runoff.
Incumbent GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy, who had occasionally broken with the Trump administration, lost his bid for a third term.
Letlow and Fleming face a runoff election on June 27.
Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, who voted to impeach President Trump, just lost his primary race. Trump-backed Julia Letlow and state Treasurer John Fleming will now compete in a runoff....
President Donald Trump took a victory lap after one of his most hated Republican rivals finished last in a three-way GOP primary. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) was among only seven Senate Republ...
Sen. Bill Cassidy is one of few remaining Republican senators who voted for President Trump's impeachment after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Trump endorsed his opponent, Rep. Julia Let...
Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy, who found himself on President Trump's revenge list for voting to convict him in his 2021 impeachment trial, lost his bid for a third term Saturday after placin...
Sen. Bill Cassidy failed to finish in the top two spots in Louisiana's Republican Senate primary on Saturday, AP projects. The race now goes to a June 27 runoff between Rep. Julia Letlow an...
Trump-backed Rep. Julia Letlow and Louisiana Treasurer John Fleming top Sen. Bill Cassidy, who is defeated in bid for GOP Senate nomination
Unless something remarkable changes drastically, it looks like incumbent Republican Senator Bill Cassidy has come in third place, which means he has lost his Senate seat in the primary race...
Primary results: Julia Letlow and John Fleming advance to a runoff. RINO Bill Cassidy came in third. John Thune will be sad to lose this RINO. This is the incumbent, Bill Cassidy, an allege...
Republican Senator Bill Cassidy voted to convict Trump during his 2021 impeachment trial
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) was projected to fail to advance to the runoff in Louisiana’s GOP Senate primary Saturday, according to Decision Desk HQ, ending the incumbent senator’s reelection...
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) was projected to fail to advance to the runoff in Louisiana’s GOP Senate primary Saturday, according to Decision Desk HQ, ending the incumbent senator’s reelection...
Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy, who voted to convict Donald Trump at his 2021 impeachment trial, lost his bid for reelection Saturday after failing to make a primary runoff in Louisiana. Cass...
MS NOW Flips Out Over Redistricting by Louisiana GOP On Wednesday's Chris Jansing Reports on MS NOW, fill-in host Erielle Reshef presided over a segment to fret over moves by Louisiana Repu...
President Donald Trump called Senator Bill Cassidy a “disloyal disaster” ahead of Louisiana’s primary elections over the weekend.
As voters in Louisiana head to the polls for Saturday’s primary elections, President Donald Trump is doing all he can to ensure that incumbent Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy gets the boot. Ca...
President Donald Trump is calling on Louisiana voters to turn out on Saturday and teach GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy a lesson. Taking to Truth Social Saturday morning, […]
Sen. Bill Cassidy faces a Trump-backed primary challenge in Louisiana as the president targets Republicans he considers insufficiently loyal.
President Donald Trump took one last shot at Senator Bill Cassidy as Louisiana headed to the polls on Saturday, urging voters to throw their support behind the incumbent Republican’s primar...
Bill Cassidy, leader of the Senate committee that oversees health policy, is fighting for his political life in Louisiana's Republican primary on Saturday.
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