Trump kicks Senator Bill Cassidy on impeachment while Louisianans vote

Nypost · May 16, 2026 · 321 words · By Geoff Earle

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What to know about Political Loyalty

Trump kicks Senator Bill Cassidy on impeachment while Louisianans vote President Trump took one more kick at Sen.

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Topics 3

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What happened

Trump kicks Senator Bill Cassidy on impeachment while Louisianans vote President Trump took one more kick at Sen.

Why it matters

Bill Cassidy (R-La.) Saturday while Louisiana voters went to the polls, branding him “disloyal” on a day he risked losing his seat over his 2021 impeachment vote.

Common ground

“Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana is a disloyal disaster.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

Follow-up questions

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that they the changed the primary system... Cassidy was forced to run in a closed primary?
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Name Calling / Labeling 100% confidence

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “they the changed the primary system... Cassidy was forced to run in a closed primary”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general Wikipedia and government pages for Louisiana, but does not contain any information regarding a change to a 'closed primary' system for this specific election.

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web search NEUTRAL — 3 days ago · Louisiana, constituent state of the United States of America. It is delineated from its neighbors—Arkansas to the north, Mississippi to the east, and Texas to the west—by both natural and…
https://www.britannica.com/place/Louisiana-state

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web search NEUTRAL — Louisiana entrance sign off Interstate 20 in Madison Parish east of Tallulah Louisiana[pronunciation 1] (French: Louisiane; Spanish: Luisiana [lwiˈsjana]; Louisiana Creole: Lwizyàn) [b] is a state in …
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana

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web search NEUTRAL — Louisiana’s state government website provides a gateway to services provided by the executive, legislative and judicial branches.
https://www.louisiana.gov/

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Claim 2: “branding him “disloyal” on a day he risked losing his seat over his 2021 impeachment vote”

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Multiple cross-references and Wikipedia entries confirm that Bill Cassidy voted to convict Donald Trump in the 2021 impeachment trial.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 United States Senate election in Louisiana will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Louisiana. A runoff election will be held …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_Senate_elec…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — William Morgan Cassidy (born September 28, 1957) is an American politician and physician who is the senior United States senator from Louisiana, a seat he has held since 2015. A member of the Republic…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Cassidy

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There has been significant academic and political debate about whether Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, can be considered a fascist according to consensus definitions of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_and_fascism

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Claim 3: “If no candidate cracks 50%, the top two face off in a June 27 runoff”

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Web search results confirm that if no candidate wins a majority, the top two candidates advance to a runoff, with one source specifically mentioning the end of June.

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web search NEUTRAL — If none of the candidates wins a simple majority, the top two will head to a runoff at the end of June. Cassidy, 68, was one of seven Senate Republicans who voted to convict Trump when the president w…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx21d4pxq23o

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web search NEUTRAL — Runoffs would be eliminated after Georgia general elections as long as a candidate wins at least 45% of the vote, according to a Democratic-sponsored bill filed Wednesday.
https://thehonorablecochranjohnson.com/portfolio/georgia-bil…

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web search NEUTRAL — Louisiana runoff election. Louisiana doesn’t have partisan primaries. Instead, all candidates run on the same November 5 ballot. A candidate who receives more than 50% of the vote wins the election. I…
https://edition.cnn.com/election/2024/calendar

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Claim 4: “Trump also tore into Cassidy last month for blocking the nomination of Casey Means for surgeon general”

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Cross-references from Axios and NY Post confirm that Bill Cassidy blocked the nomination of Casey Means for surgeon general and that Trump attacked him for it.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mary Loretta Landrieu ( LAN-drew; born November 23, 1955) is an American entrepreneur and politician who served as a United States senator from Louisiana from 1997 to 2015. A member of the Democratic …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Landrieu

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, a spin-off of the crime drama Law & Order, follows the detectives who work in the "Special Victims Unit" of the 16th Precinct of the New York City Police Department,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Law_&_Order:_Special_V…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Black Gunn is a 1972 neo-noir blaxploitation crime film directed by Robert Hartford-Davis and starring Jim Brown as the title character, a nightclub owner who gets caught up in a conflict between a Bl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Gunn

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Claim 5: “Trump’s political revenge tour came hours after he re-upped his endorsement of Rep. Julia Letlow (R-La.) for Cassidy’s job”

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Multiple independent web sources confirm that Donald Trump endorsed Representative Julia Letlow to run against Senator Bill Cassidy.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 United States House of Representatives elections are scheduled to be held on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, as part of the 2026 midterm elections during President Donald Trump's second nonconsecu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_House_of_Re…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Julia Janelle Letlow ( LET-loh; née Barnhill; born March 16, 1981) is an American politician and academic administrator serving as the U.S. representative for Louisiana's 5th congressional district si…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Letlow

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect the 6 U.S. representatives from the State of Louisiana, one from each of the state's c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_House_of_Re…

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Claim 6: “his vote to convict Trump of an impeachment count of incitement of insurrection”

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Wikipedia and multiple news sources confirm Cassidy voted to convict Trump specifically on the charge of 'incitement of insurrection'.

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web search NEUTRAL — Cassidy voted to convict Trump during his 2021 impeachment, faces Trump-backed challenger in test of president’s pull.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/13/us-senator-cassidys…

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web search NEUTRAL — Bill Cassidy voted to convict Donald Trump on an impeachment charge of “incitement of insurrection.”
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/01/donald-trump-bil…

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web search NEUTRAL — A moderate Republican,[2][3][4][5] Cassidy was a critic of President Donald Trump.[6][7] In 2021, he was one of seven Republican senators to vote to convict Trump of incitement of insurrection in his …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Cassidy

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Claim 7: “President Trump took one more kick at Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) Saturday while Louisiana voters went to the polls”

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Multiple web search results confirm that Donald Trump criticized Senator Bill Cassidy as 'disloyal' on a Saturday during the Louisiana primary elections.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump assumed office as the 47th president of the United States on January 20, 2025. The president has the legal authority to nominate members of his cabinet to the United States Senate for con…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_cabinet_of_Donald_Trump

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Claim 8: “Trump posted on Truth Social”

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Web search results explicitly state that Trump posted on Truth Social calling Senator Bill Cassidy a 'Disloyal Disaster'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump's use of social media attracted attention worldwide since he joined Twitter in May 2009. Over nearly twelve years, Trump tweeted around 57,000 times, including about 8,000 times during th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media_use_by_Donald_Tru…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Trump derangement syndrome (TDS) is a pejorative term used to describe negative reactions to U.S. president Donald Trump in order to characterize them as irrational and disconnected from Trump's actua…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Truth Social is an American alt-tech social media platform owned by Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), an American company majority-owned by US president Donald Trump. It has been called a "Twitte…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_Social

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Claim 9: “Cassidy, who is hoping to make the runoff in a race that also includes state Treasurer John Fleming”

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Web search results confirm that Louisiana State Treasurer John Fleming is running in the same race as Bill Cassidy.

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web search NEUTRAL — John Calvin Fleming Jr. is an American politician, physician, and former naval officer serving as Treasurer of Louisiana since 2024.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fleming_(American_politic…

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web search NEUTRAL — Julia Letlow and State Treasurer John Fleming, another MAGA candidate. Cassidy was ostracized by the state Republican Party following his impeachment vote. Trump has slammed him as “very disloyal,” ur…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/16/cassidy-louisiana-s…

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web search NEUTRAL — Louisiana State Treasurer John Fleming, who is seeking to oust Sen. Bill Cassidy in 2026, is calling the senator a "RINO," or "Republican in name only."
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/who-john-fleming-freedom-ca…

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