Pro-Trump impeach­ment Repub­li­can Sen Bill Cas­sidy tar­get­ed for ouster of Free­dom Cau­cus found­ing mem­ber

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Louisiana State Trea­sur­er John Flem­ing announced a bid to unseat Sen. Bill Cas­sidy, a Repub­li­can who vot­ed to con­vict fol­low­ing the House impeach­ment vote against for­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021 Capi­tol riot.

Flem­ing, a for­mer U.S. con­gress­man, was one of the founders of the con­ser­v­a­tive House Free­dom Cau­cus, accord­ing to a press release about his Sen­ate bid.

“Sen­a­tor Cas­sidy has failed the peo­ple of Louisiana,” Flem­ing said, accord­ing to the press release. 

“I will fight to bring real, con­ser­v­a­tive solu­tions to the U.S. Sen­ate, I will not cut-and-run on these con­ser­v­a­tive prin­ci­ples, and I will stand and work with Pres­i­dent Trump like I have many times before,” he declared.

Fox News Dig­i­tal attempt­ed to request com­ment from the sen­a­tor.

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Flem­ing held posts in Trump’s pri­or admin­is­tra­tion.

“I can­not ful­ly express the deep sense of pride I have, hav­ing served Pres­i­dent Trump in the West Wing of the White House as he was lit­er­al­ly fight­ing for his polit­i­cal life against those who were attack­ing him and turn­ing their backs on him,” Flem­ing not­ed, “but the oppor­tu­ni­ty to stand with him for the prin­ci­ples of Amer­i­ca First is why I seek to serve the cit­i­zens of Louisiana in the Unit­ed States Sen­ate.”

Trump endorsed Cas­sidy for re-elec­tion in 2020, before the law­mak­er became one of the Sen­ate Repub­li­cans who vot­ed to con­vict after the House impeach­ment vote against Trump in ear­ly 2021.

That Sen­ate vote took place after Trump had already depart­ed from office, and the num­ber of sen­a­tors who vot­ed to con­vict failed to reach the thresh­old nec­es­sary for a con­vic­tion.

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Trump lam­bast­ed Sen. Cas­sidy in posts on Truth Social ear­li­er this year.

“One of the worst Sen­a­tors in the Unit­ed States Sen­ate is, with­out ques­tion, Bill Cas­sidy, A TOTAL FLAKE, Repub­li­can though he may be,” Trump declared on April 1.

“Bill Cas­sidy is now shunned in his own State as a dis­loy­al light­weight, and it’s a beau­ti­ful thing to watch,” Trump declared in anoth­er post.

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Cas­sidy’s cur­rent U.S. Sen­ate term ends in ear­ly 2027.

Flem­ing pre­vi­ous­ly ran unsuc­cess­ful­ly for Sen­ate in 2016.