{"id":237,"date":"2026-05-16T17:35:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T17:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usrelocationpost.com\/?p=237"},"modified":"2026-05-16T17:35:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T17:35:43","slug":"donald-trump-blasts-bill-cassidy-as-disloyal-disaster-sleazebag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usrelocationpost.com\/?p=237","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump Blasts Bill Cassidy As \u2018Disloyal Disaster\u2019: \u2018Sleazebag\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><p>President Donald Trump lashed out at Senator Bill Cassidy in a social media post on Saturday, calling the Louisiana Republican \u201ca disloyal disaster,\u201d a \u201csleazebag\u201d and \u201cterrible guy\u201d who he claimed is \u201cbad\u201d for his own state.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usrelocationpost.com\/?p=234\">Trump Wades Into New York Train Strike Battle<\/a><\/p><p>It is the latest bit of evidence that Cassidy has totally failed to rehabilitate himself with the president after voting to convict him during his second impeachment trial in the wake of the U.S. Capitol riots\u2014and also that he might have lost the support of MAGA voters for good.<\/p><p>The two-term incumbent is currently polling in third place in the GOP primary for his Louisiana Senate seat, trailing Trump\u2019s endorsed candidate, Representative Julia Letlow, and the second challenger, Louisiana State Treasurer John Fleming.<\/p><div><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 2026.\"=\"\" 22,=\"\" alt=\"President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One, on May 15, 2026, as he returns from a trip to Beijing, China; 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Kennedy Jr. for Secretary of Health and Human Services, adopting more Trump-friendly rhetoric, and embracing unpopular tariffs.<\/p><p>That effort has clearly failed to put him back in Trump\u2019s good graces.<\/p><h2>The Answer From the Polls\u2014And Voters<\/h2><p>On the day of the primary, most polling puts Cassidy in third place after Letlow and Fleming. A poll by Quantus Insights conducted between May 6 and 7 put Letlow ahead with 42 percent of the vote, followed by Fleming with 30 percent and Cassidy with 20 percent.<\/p><p>GOP voters will have until 8 p.m. local time (CT), or 9 p.m. ET, to decide whether they want to have Cassidy run for a third-term or pick one of the two other candidates.\u00a0<\/p><h2>Other Republicans Who Voted to Convict Trump In 2021<\/h2><p>Of the six other Republican senators who voted to convict Trump in 2021 together with Cassidy, only a couple are still around. <\/p><p>Former Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska left the Senate to become president of the University of Florida. Former Sens. Richard Burr of North Carolina and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania both announced their retirement and did not seek re-election. Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah announced his retirement from the Senate in 2024.<\/p><p>Sen. Susan Collins of Maine is still serving in the Senate, and Trump has shown no interest in challenging her due to the state\u2019s Democratic leanings. Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska is also still serving in the Senate after surviving Trump\u2019s opposition in 2022, aided by Alaska\u2019s ranked-choice voting system.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usrelocationpost.com\/?p=230\">Spencer Pratt Revives Chelsea Handler\u2019s Epstein Dinner As Feud Erupts<\/a><\/p><\/article>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump lashed out at Senator Bill Cassidy in a social media post on Saturday, calling the Louisiana Republican \u201ca disloyal disaster\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Donald Trump Blasts Bill Cassidy As \u2018Disloyal Disaster\u2019: \u2018Sleazebag\u2019 - 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