Trump tears into 'wacky and ineffective' Louisiana GOP Senator Bill Cassidy who is 'cursed' by residents of his own state after he said the ex-president could lose the 2024 nomination
Former President Donald Trump lashed out at Sen. Bill Cassidy after the Louisiana Republican said Trump could lose the GOP presidential nomination in 2024.
'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,' Trump said in a statement Monday night.
The ex-president then boasted about how much he did for the state of Louisiana.
Former President Donald Trump, photographed waving as he exits Trump Tower on Monday, lashed out at Lousiana Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy, after Cassidy said Trump may not win the GOP nomination in 2024
Lousisiana Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy annoyed Trump by saying on Axios on HBO that he believed Trump could lose the GOP nomination in 2024
'Including making it possible to build major energy facilities that would never have happened without me filling up the strategic petroleum reserve at record low prices, and making sure they received huge amounts of hospital supplies and ventilators to aid the people of Louisiana in fighting the China Virus,' Trump said, using his xenophobic nickname for COVID-19. 'Even the Democrat governor thanked me for all I did,' the former president added.
Trump floated that Cassidy is now deeply unpopular in Lousiana - despite there not being polling to back his comments up.
'Now, Wacky Bill Cassidy can't walk down the street in Louisiana, a State I won by almost 20 points,' Trump said. 'He could not even be elected dog catcher today, the great people curse him.'
Cassidy won reelection in 2020 by besting his Democratic opponent by nearly 40 points.
'Wacky Bill is a totally ineffective Senator, but Louisiana does have a great Senator in John Kennedy,' Trump added, name-dropping the other GOP senator.
Sen. Bill Cassidy (right) told Axios' Mike Allen (left) that he believed Trump might lose the Republican nomination if he runs again in 2024
Cassidy alienated Trump by voting to convict Trump of inciting an insurrection, when Trump was impeached a second time after the January 6 Capitol attack.
Cassidy recently sat down for an interview for Axios on HBO and told Axios' Mike Allen that he didn't believe Trump would be the Republican nominee in 2024.
'Trump is the first president in the Republican side at least to lose the House, the Senate and the presidency in four years,' Cassidy said. 'Elections are about winning.'
Allen then asked Cassidy if he believed Trump might lose the Republican nomination.
Cassidy answered in the affirmative.
'Well if you want to win the presidency, and hopefully that's what voters are thinking about, I think he might,' Cassidy said.
He also answered, 'I'm not,' when Allen asked if Cassidy was voting for Trump.
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