In a 3-candidate primary, Cassidy came in third, the other 2 advance to a runoff. Trump's candidate, Julia Letlow, came in first.
Conceding, Cassidy said "I find that people of character and integrity don’t spend their time attacking people on the internet."
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You were in politics dummy…he sounds like those sour grapes contestants on Survivor who get outplayed then claim they’re pleased they played the game with integrity. Losers you all are…
Keep 'em coming, President Trump!
If you were a person of character you’d have the character to recognize you lost because of your policies and you wouldn’t insult the people who voted you out with your Trump nonsense
I hope it scares the bejeesus out of the rest of them…
Now hop along, Bill. (If you’re not an early Boomer you won’t get it.)
I’m always touched when someone who has held political offices for the past 20 years waxes eloquent about “character” and “dignity” while complaining about badly losing an election. The reality is that he chose poorly and now has paid the price for that choice. At 68 he probably is too old to restart a medical career.
@Goldenpause, +1
Thanks for playing. Here's your lovely parting gift. Buhbye.
Massie is next.
The Republican majority in the House, and probably the Senate, is next. Throwing out the baby with the bath water.
Hop-a-Long Bill, yeah I get it.
Cassidy: “Yes, I voted to convict Trump, but you know, but now that my reelection is on the line, I love the man, his policies, his character, his comments ….”
The Republican majority in the House, and probably the Senate, is next. Throwing out the baby with the bath water
…ah and there it is the perennial incumbent defense. That’s not what’s happening this cycle. Learn to read the room…
‘Trump’ gets ‘his’ revenge, hehe. That’s cool how the stupidest businessman in the world can pull levers and turn knobs and magically control who stays and who goes…
“Cassidy had the backing of Senate Majority Leader John Thune and the National Republican Senatorial Committee” (Gateway Pundit)
Tells you a lot about Thune and the swamp. I suspect Trump may have called Thune and advised him to change his Tune going forward.
REVENGE! REVENGE! That’s all the MSM & Trump’s adversaries cry as they fall one by one. How about they (the president’s political enemies) are receiving their deserved comeuppance, or perhaps justice has prevailed for their lying, cheating, underhanded, misguided deeds. We don’t need to reshuffle the deck full of corrupt, hate filled jokers. A new deal with a fresh deck should be our goal with Trump as the pit boss.
Do we say he was Indiana-ed?
With one exception, all the votes in the Senate are political; the exception is the vote to convict an impeached president. For that vote, every senator is a juror, and must vote based only on the facts of the case, and the law.
This man Cassidy voted to convict an innocent defendant in a criminal trial, for political reasons, and his constituents rightly punished him for it.
Last night Cassidy called it a lid.
I find that people of character and integrity don’t spend their time attacking people on the internet.
What a cutting thing to say about so many of his Dem colleagues.
Cassidy’s past caught up with him but his inability to move past his impeachment vote is 100% on him. No one else. He was asked many times that, given all we’ve learned about the Deep State interference in 2016, would he vote differently now? His stock answer sucks: “I’m not looking back 5 years I’m the candidate for the next 5 years.”
The base is pissed off at Republican Congresscritters who don’t support the elected Republican president. The Senate has done almost nothing in 16 months. People like Cassidy are the reason. We expect the opposition from Democrats. Impediments like Massie and Cassidy have worn out their welcome in this party.
That’s politics, Senator. Reward your friends and punish your enemies.
Why is it that the most vile scoundrels and corrupt, useless turds are invariably the ones who are most performative in their TDS? Maybe some of the libtards in the commentariat here can explain the reason.
He should have just said "Let the words be yours, I'm done with mine." CC, JSM
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Tells you a lot about Thune and the swamp.
Yes. Thune was offered a great deal by Trump. In exchange for Trump endorsing Cornyn (a RINO Thune crony) both Senators would push the SAVE Act through but Thune turned it down. Seems he thought he was better at picking Senators than Trump. Now Thune will lose both allies of his and Trump gains motivated allies. Ones who are less likely to want starring roles in the ongoing Failure Theatre run by Thune.
“The Republican majority in the House, and probably the Senate, is next. Throwing out the baby with the bath water.”
Wrong thread, Hugh Manatee!
Let’s help Bloomberg rewrite the headline: Man Who Mistakingly Believed He Was A Lifetime Appointee Discovers He’s An Elected Official
Cassidy, “ “When you participate in democracy, sometimes it doesn’t turn out the way you want it to, but you don’t pout, you don’t whine, you don’t claim the election was stolen, you don’t find a reason why you lost,” Cassidy said, a likely reference to Trump and the 2020 election.”
Well, you do usually do an after-action or post-mortem.
Ben Sasse quit the Senate rather than face Nebraska voters after his impeachment vote. But he did get a better job at the University of FL.
Wrong thread, Hugh Manatee!
Oh!
Another globalist democrat traitor removed from the Republican party.
The best thing Trump has done is remove the masks from the Desantis/Romney/Bush wing of the Republican party.
The best part is Cassidy finishing 3rd in a 3-way race. Looks like his constituents moved on, so to speak.
I am democracy!
This needs my "revenge" tag.
Only a swamp lover can believe draining it is like emptying a bathtub with a baby in it. What a maroon. No babies were hurt in this strengthening of our bench.
Prediction: If Thune keeps blocking the SAVE Act he will not be majority leader in 2027.
CNN headline: "Trump sent a message by targeting Bill Cassidy. In defeat, Cassidy delivered one back"
Sure he did.
It’s weird how none of actions Biden overtly took to persecute Trump were ever called “revenge” or “retribution” or any of the multisyllabic slurs Corporate Media assigns without evidence to Trump.
"Revenge" is best served in a McDonalds' drive-thru.
Refusing to abet the crimes of the cult leader does have its consequences.
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...
Only a swamp lover can believe draining it is like emptying a bathtub with a baby in it. What a maroon. No babies were hurt in this strengthening of our bench.
Prediction: If Thune keeps blocking the SAVE Act he will not be majority leader in 2027.
He will get his wish.
He planned on helping democrats win.
He will lose instead.
Gun control Cornyn is looking over his shoulder, as is perpetual thorn Massie.
Hopeless and retributive Change in District of Corruptibles.
They put people in jail like tina peters and they tried to do so tp sydney powell for seeking the truth
Can’t untangle this:
Refusing to abet the crimes of the cult leader does have its consequences.
What crimes? How would Cassidy “abet” them? The cult reference is unintelligible, and perhaps could use some articulation. Tell me more about your religion.
Convicting him then would have been totally dishonest, and I think that the big mistake that Democrats are making now is thinking that those of use who had faith in Trump's lies about putting America first, and now feel deeply betrayed, accept all of the trumped up charges based on BS from Hillary and the neocons back then. The truth about Trump is bad enough, you don't have to stick by the lies you told about him.
Democrats are the boy who cried wolf, and now the wolf is at the door, and they have a credibility problem. Much as now really hate what Trump has become, I likely would not have voted for anybody who fell for those first impeachments, because they are obviously aligned with the enemies of America.
Again they stole the election in order to empower iran through robert malley (by comparison alger hiss was never no 2 at state
The thing is that there is a cult, the ones who think that starting WW3 in the Middle East over Israel will fulfill prophecy, like Charlie Kirk said, and bring back Jesus, abetted by leaders in the Democratic Party, who have just been bought off, or like my 90 yo Jewish aquaintance, grew up on the myth of a different Israel, kind of like I did, one that didn't seek "permanent security" by destroying every possible rival, another term for this would be "Thousand Year Reich." Even he has disowned his support, like every other Jewish person I know.
Charlie Kirk was assassinated within a short time of beginning to criticize Israel on Gaza, BTW, where before that, he had been a huge asset to Netanyahu among younger people.
To challenge the reigning paradigms on tariff on industrial development on the oslo mirage is a crime
Cassidy through his games midwifed thst horrible grift labeled as a stimulus that ignited the inflation
This man Cassidy voted to convict an innocent defendant in a criminal trial, for political reasons
An impeachment is not a criminal trial. It is removal from office, and perhaps denying the ability to hold office again, nothing more and nothing less.
Its hard to say which one of you is more wrong its a competition
Thune should resign as majority leader and let Tom Cotton take over.
Sasse may have gotten a better job, but pancreatic cancer might be considered karma by some?
Now Mike @ 7:47, spare me of the old “define every term before the discussion continues” move. I think you understood it fine. The disagreement seems to be over whether Trump committed crimes and whether political support constitutes enabling, not over what the sentence meant.
His life was tragically cut short
imTay, it must be exhausting living in your head.
Well, he wasn't wrong was he.
An impeachment is not a criminal trial. It is removal from office, and perhaps denying the ability to hold office again, nothing more and nothing less.
You are misinformed. Removal from office is the consequence of a conviction, but the conviction itself is supposed to be because the accused is guilty of crime. (See U.S. Constitution, Article 2, Section 4.)
You might as easily say that any criminal trial is about whether some guy will go to prison, nothing more and nothing less. But I maintain that knowingly convicting an innocent defendant is a miscarriage of justice.
Interesting sentence from the article:
“The outcome also notches a high-profile win for Kennedy’s political operation, which supported Letlow and opposed Cassidy in the race. The two men have repeatedly clashed over nominations and the department’s changes to vaccine policy.”
So RFK has a grassroots following that he is using to help elect MAHA (read MAGA. same difference) Republicans.
Kennedy has a couple of PACs and “Kennedy himself has been deployed by the White House as a campaign surrogate, touring swing states on his “Take Back Your Health” tour, with a White House official saying he’ll be used “very purposefully” on issues with cross-aisle appeal. MAHA-aligned endorsements have spread to Iowa, Georgia, North Carolina, Texas, and Kentucky state races as well.”
2 things stand out for me:
1. Astounding to what degree the Democrat Party alienated their most charismatic member. Beyond stupid.
2. The Democrats really don’t understand what they’re up against.
Let me just add: All the Democrats had to do to maintain a line of communication with RFK is just shut up. That’s all they had to do. And they couldn’t even do that.
Cassidy should run as an independent to split the Republican vote.
The Massie result will reflect who truly controls the narrative (along with the money) in this country.
Has Trump started calling Massie (two MIT degrees) a very dumb person yet?
Tough break for the Trump Ballroom
Senate Parliamentarian rules the $1 billion project will require 60 votes for approval. A very steep climb. At this rate Trump is going to run out of knives.
Senate parliamentarian deals blow to $1 billion security proposal for White House ~ AP
He was speaking heresy you must burn him (with fauci candles)
Sean Gleason said “ But I maintain that knowingly convicting an innocent defendant is a miscarriage of justice.”
But doesn’t knowingly acquitting a guilty defendant also qualify? Because it’s on record that any evidence of guilt wasn’t going to sway the GOP Trump turd polishers.
Cassidy played this in the worst possible way. He took a stand on impeachment thinking Trump was finished. He deserved to lose and deserves to have Trump end his political career. Cassidy betrayed his oath as a physician just to try and keep Trump out of his primary. Didn't work. That's his legacy forever.
"Senator, call for you on Line 3."
"Did they give their name?"
"A Mr. Nelson Muntz."
@Eva Marie: "...a high-profile win for Kennedy’s political operation...". Which Kennedy are they talking about? Could it be John Kennedy, Senator from LA?
Funny how any time Trump scores a definitive victory, it's because he's nasty, temperamental, ruthless, unpredictable, erratic, etc., implying that he has wrongly won. Anything but focused and deliberate, according to plan. Almost like there's a bias involved.
Another criticism of Thune: He should have replaced the Democrat Senate Parliamentarian appointed by then Majority Leader Harry Reid. The same Harry Reid that said (on the Senate floor with defamation protection from the Constitution's Speech or Debate Clause) that Mitt Romney hadn't paid his taxes in 10 years.
Yes that guy is useless for any meaningful endeavor
Clean face reid according to fbi records
@Aggie No, RFK jr: 2nd article at Bloomberg: RFK Jr.’s Political Power Is on the Ballot in Louisiana GOP Primary
@Aggie: I had to check that myself - mind boggling that RFK jr is helping in the midterms to the extent that he is.
The Democrats are such fuck ups. To destroy their ties to the one Democrat who really did have a chance on the national stage when all they had to do was shut up, incredible.
"I find that people of character and integrity don’t spend their time attacking people on the internet."
Isn't this statement, by itself, an admission by Mr. Cassidy that he is NOT a person of "character and integrity"?
I'd wager there are many, and better, examples floating about the cloud.
Is that the last of the effing republicans that voted for this impeachment and supported the j6 star chamber. I hope so but if not, they are going down too.
That would be lisa murkowski
Impeachment... "nothing more and nothing less." Criminal? No. But it's a pretty big (some would say HUGE), freaking something FF.
One hopes the R's maintain the lead in the Senate AND Thune is tossed. I wasn't a huge supported of the Murder Turtle. But at least he moved judges through the system. Thune's record here is particularly damning. And damaging to the future of the country.
I hope Team Trump recognizes how important the MAHA movement is to their electoral success and doesn't neglect or alienate them.
"An impeachment is not a criminal trial. It is removal from office, and perhaps denying the ability to hold office again, nothing more and nothing less."
Fredo, you once again earn your name- here is the relevant part of The Constitution:
"The President, Vice President and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors."
Cassidy. Another pompous shithead Republican Senator from the "Class of 2014". This was before Trump, and all these newly elected R senators had been handpicked by the RNC. They include:
Sasse (resigned)
Gardner (Lost)
Perdue (Lost)
Flake (Resigned)
Joni Ernst (About to Retire)
Tillis (About to Retire)
Lankford (Staying but wrote Amnesty Bill)
I was so glad he lost. Next up - Traitor Coryn.
Everytime I think of the R senators, J6 and those Trump impeachments I start getting annoyed. The 2nd one was literally insane. It was absolutely unneccessary, didnt they hold the Senate vote AFTER Trump had left?
And what was the crime? It was just made up BS. But of course Sasse, Romney, and Cassidy all had to Grandstand and show they hated Trump too, and try to get points from the MSM and Chuck Schumer.
It was that, plus they were jealous little girls, upset that Trump had stolen the spotlight and was opposing Amnesty and trying to do things the Republican voters actually wanted.
More than anything else, this demonstrates how two key structural factors are widening the gap between the values of the general public and their elected leaders.
The primary system, originally instituted for democratic reasons, favors strong partisans, and gerrymandering has largely made elections uncompetitive. Political science studies show that primary candidates are rewarded for their extremism, for both parties.
The general public hates both of these structures, but the parties, who control the system, love it. It gives the parties institutional power separate from median voter intentions.
Tragically, voters effectively have no control over these structures and are trapped.
Primary voters chose more extreme candidates and then voters find themselves trapped in an electoral district heavily weighted for one party or the other.
Theoretically voters could seize control over this through the primaries, but that’s just not how humans behave. Not everyone has the same partisan passion, and the more extreme partisans turn out to vote much more often.
"I find that people of character and integrity don’t spend their time attacking people on the internet."
What are you supposed to say about this? Its so dishonest and cowardly. Cassidy didn't like Trump's policies, and was jealous of him. He quietly sabotaged him from 2017-2020, and then when the coast was clear (he thought) he came out and knifed Trump in the back.
Now, he's lost and Cassidy plays the pompous man of character who isnt on the vulgar "Intertubes" like Trump. That was Romney and Sasse's take too. They just couldn't tolerate Trump's "character". LOL. But Biden's "character" - well that was A-OK.
Cassidy, like Romney and Sasse, were just egomaniacs who thought they had no obligation to the Republican party or the voters who sent them to office. All that mattered was their "feelings" and what they wanted. Now, all three are gone. Good.
@Indefinitely Extended Excursion (TM), how does gerrymandering impact the primary for a statewide election?
BTW, its completely irrelevent whether we "save the Senate" in 2026. As shown by their actions, the R Senators have zero intention of confirming Trump's nominees or passing his legislative agenda. The only thing that passes is the legislation that Chuck Schumer gives his OK too. IT doesn't matter whether we have 53 Republicans or 46 Republicans.
Yeah I’ve never cared for people throwing around the word ‘character.’ Started when I was applying to colleges and the lower ranked schools emphasized how they built or selected for ‘character.’ High School Mosby quickly determined that ‘character’ is a synonym for ‘mediocrity.’ CC, JSM
People of integrity and character concede by conceding not by dumping on people who opposed them.
In so far as schumer would at least try to implement 'some of kamalas bad ideas
Cassidy is not a man of honor (close quote)
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