The Real Bill Cassidy Returns
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, R-LA, has a horrible history of voting with liberal Democrats and harshly criticizing President Donald Trump. In 2021, he was one of only seven U.S. Senate Republicans who voted to convict President Trump on bogus impeachment charges.
After the president was acquitted and began laying the groundwork for another campaign, Cassidy was quick to lampoon the effort. In addition, he entertained the possibility of becoming a third-party presidential candidate in 2024 to stop Trump from winning again.
In 2021, during President Joe Biden’s horrendous administration, Cassidy supported the pork-laden $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which the Competitive Enterprise Institute noted “may prove to be the most wasteful infrastructure bill ever, given the extent that climate change considerations will lead to further misallocations of resources.”
In 2022, Cassidy supported the CHIPS Act, which Heritage Action described as “a $250 billion package that blends corporate welfare with industrial policy.” He also voted for the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which Heritage Action labeled “a package of different gun control proposals stitched together with school safety and mental health provisions.”
Bill Cassidy’s lifetime conservative voting record is an abysmal 62 percent, which is a poor fit for the “red” state of Louisiana. Accordingly, Cassidy has been concealing his true beliefs for many years.
Prior to the 2020 election, Cassidy aired television and radio commercials touting his support of President Trump. In interviews on many radio and television programs, Cassidy affirmed his Trump credentials.
In 2020, President Trump carried Louisiana with 59 percent of the vote. His endorsement of Cassidy helped the Senator win another term. Yet, in Trump’s hour of need,........
