{"id":4929,"date":"2023-08-21T12:05:56","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T16:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=4929"},"modified":"2023-08-21T12:05:58","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T16:05:58","slug":"gop-senator-turns-on-trump-he-will-lose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/2026\/gop-senator-turns-on-trump-he-will-lose\/njackson\/2023\/08\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Senator Turns on Trump, &#8216;He Will Lose&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Trump didn&#8217;t see this one coming&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Republican Senator Bill Cassidy (La.) predicted former President Donald Trump would lose the 2024 general election against Joe Biden if he&#8217;s ultimately the GOP&#8217;s presidential nominee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cassidy made the comments\u00a0during a Sunday appearance on CNN and added that he thinks any other candidate in the Republican primary field is better suited to defeat Biden, a scathing rebuke of the former president he&#8217;s often supported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;Do you think that\u00a0Donald Trump\u00a0should drop out of the race?&#8221; host Kasie Hunt asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I think so. 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