{"id":12145,"date":"2026-05-18T10:39:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T14:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=12145"},"modified":"2026-05-18T10:39:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T14:39:17","slug":"former-senator-laments-anti-trump-congressmans-primary-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/former-senator-laments-anti-trump-congressmans-primary-loss\/njackson\/2026\/05\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Senator Laments Anti-Trump Congressman&#8217;s Primary Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Former Utah Sen. and one-time Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/5882490-mitt-romney-bill-cassidy-defeat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mourning<\/a> the political demise of Sen. Bill Cassidy \u2014 calling the Louisiana Republican\u2019s stunning primary loss \u201ca loss for the country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cassidy became the first elected Republican senator in more than a decade to lose a renomination bid after getting knocked out of Louisiana\u2019s GOP primary Saturday, ending a political career that had been dogged for years by one vote that many conservatives never forgot: his decision to convict President Donald Trump following the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Senate to now lose an exceptionally brilliant and creative mind, an MD who chairs healthcare, and a person of character,\u201d Romney wrote Sunday on X. \u201cBill Cassidy\u2019s departure is a loss for the country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Senate to now lose an exceptionally brilliant and creative mind, an MD who chairs healthcare, and a person of character. Bill Cassidy\u2019s departure is a loss for the country.<\/p>&mdash; Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MittRomney\/status\/2056014105262076213?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 17, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But Trump had a very different reaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The president wasted little time celebrating Cassidy\u2019s downfall on Truth Social, taking a victory lap after years of public feuding with the Louisiana senator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHis disloyalty to the man who got him elected is now a part of a legend, and it\u2019s nice to see that his political career is OVER!\u201d Trump wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cassidy\u2019s defeat had long been viewed as a looming possibility in Republican circles. Trump-backed Rep. Julia Letlow and Louisiana Treasurer John Fleming finished ahead of Cassidy in Saturday\u2019s contest and now advance to a June runoff after neither candidate secured a majority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. John Kennedy suggested nobody should be shocked by the outcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cUnless you&#8217;re your god&#8217;s perfect idiot, the result was predictable,\u201d Kennedy said on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/cassidy-primary-defeat-loss-country-romney-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fox News<\/a>. \u201cGround control to Major Tom. The polls have shown for well over a year that Sen. Cassidy was in trouble.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that Trump\u2019s endorsement of Letlow \u201cwas sort of the icing on the cake.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Sen. Lindsey Graham framed Cassidy\u2019s loss as a warning shot to Republicans who break with Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no room in this party to destroy his agenda or to destroy him and his family as a Republican,\u201d Graham said during an appearance on NBC\u2019s \u201cMeet the Press.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cIf you align with Democrats to drive him out of office, like Cassidy did, you\u2019re going to lose.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Cassidy, however, used his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/cassidy-primary-defeat-loss-country-romney-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">concession speech<\/a> to fire off what appeared to be a parting shot at Trump and the election challenges that followed 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWhen you participate in democracy, sometimes it doesn&#8217;t turn out the way you want it to,\u201d Cassidy told supporters. \u201cYou don&#8217;t pout, you don&#8217;t whine. You don&#8217;t claim the election was stolen. You don&#8217;t manufacture some excuse.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>For Romney, Cassidy\u2019s exit marks the fading influence of one of the GOP\u2019s shrinking anti-Trump bloc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The relationship between Romney and Trump has been icy for nearly a decade. Romney sharply criticized Trump during the 2016 presidential race, briefly joined his orbit after the election during a highly publicized meeting over a possible Cabinet role, then became one of Trump\u2019s fiercest Republican critics in the Senate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Romney ultimately became the only Republican senator to vote to convict Trump during both impeachment proceedings \u2014 first over Ukraine and later over Jan. 6 \u2014 putting him on a collision course with Trump and many Republican voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cassidy joined Romney in the second impeachment vote, one of seven Republican senators who voted to convict. Now, a few years later, Republican voters in Louisiana appeared to deliver their own verdict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">From one former Senator that voted to convict President Trump<br><br>to another Senator that voted to convict President Trump, <br><br>good riddance \u2014 peacefully. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4botahRwC8\">pic.twitter.com\/4botahRwC8<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottPresler\/status\/2056077845781258285?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 17, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class= \"house-ad\"><center><p class= \"sponsored\">Sponsored<\/p><strong><span style=\" color:#ff0004\" class=\" has-inline-color has-text-align-center\"><a href= \"https:\/\/secure.winred.com\/vivek-ramaswamy-for-ohio\/asking-for-a-just-a-buck\/?source_code=%5Btrackingcode%5D&#038;recurring=true&#038;amount=35&#038;ex_tid=20260506_GH-OZ.118283_t1890091-3623\">Vivek Ramaswamy is ready to make real, impactful change but he can&#8217;t do it alone. 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