The next congressional elections don’t come until 2026, but the vultures (birds of prey) are already beginning to circle over Republican U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, Louisiana’s senior senator. Cassidy has been in the Senate since 2015 and would be seeking his third term in 2026.
The Advocate reported Thursday that Republican John Fleming, the state’s treasurer who was elected only last year, is beginning a campaign to unseat Cassidy. Why? Because Cassidy was one of seven Republicans who voted to convict President-elect Donald Trump of inciting a Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the nation’s Capital.
The House impeached Trump and the Senate held a trial. The Senate vote was 57 guilty and 43 not guilty but it took 67 votes to convict.
Cassidy was also the only member of the state’s eight-member congressional delegation who voted to certify President Joe Biden’s election as president in two contested states.
Trump isn’t happy about any of that, but that comes as no surprise.
Cassidy’s campaign offered perhaps the best response that we will hear when he heard about Fleming’s plans.