Pro-impeachment Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), who voted to convict 45th President Donald J. Trump, recently had an interview with the leftist news site Axios, where he bashed Trump and claimed he couldn’t win in 2024. Cassidy said, “Elections are about winning.”
“Do you assume President Trump will run in 2024?” Cassidy was asked in the interview.
Cassidy responded, “He’s saying that he’s going to, where he does or not, we don’t know.”
When pressed on if Trump could win the GOP nomination, the Louisiana senator said, “I don’t know that. President Trump is the first president, in the Republican side at least, to lose the House, Senate and presidency in four years. Elections are about winning.” Cassidy did not mention many allegations of fraudulent activity in the 2020 election.
“If we re-litigate 2020 over and over again, it won’t change the result in 2020, but we are sure to lose in 2024,” Cassidy said. “If we choose to look forward, bringing positive solutions to the American people who have needs, we win.”
Newsweek reports:
In a statement released Monday evening, Trump said, “Wacky Senator Bill Cassidy from Louisiana is a RINO Republican who begged for my endorsement in 2020 and used it all over the place to win re-election, much like Little Ben Sasse, and then voted to impeach your favorite President.”
Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse was also one of seven Republicans who crossed party lines and voted to convict Trump in February.
Trump added that he had done “so much” for Louisiana, such as his plans for energy infrastructure, which he claims “would never have happened without me filling up the strategic petroleum reserve at record low prices.”
“Now, Wacky Bill Cassidy can’t walk down the street in Louisiana, a State I won by almost 20 points. He could not even be elected dog catcher today, the great people curse him,” Trump said. “Wacky Bill is a totally ineffective Senator, but Louisiana does have a great Senator in John Kennedy.”
The 45th president has backed primary challenges to all congressional representatives in the House while backing primary challenges to senators up for reelection in 2022.
