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Sen. Bill Cassidy is an M.D. specializing in treating liver disease. He did that work for over 20 years, during which time he was a Democrat. When he ran for public office in 2006 for the first time, he ran as a Republican for the Louisiana House. He was then elected to the U.S. Senate in 2014. In 2021, when Donald Trump was impeached for the second time, Cassidy voted to convict him, saying: "Our Constitution and our country is more important than any one person. I voted to convict President Trump because he is guilty."

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When the nomination of Robert Kennedy Jr. as secretary of HHS came before the Senate, Cassidy grilled Kennedy on vaccines. Kennedy lied through his teeth, Cassidy pretended to believe the answers, and then voted to confirm him. As a doctor, Cassidy knows very well that vaccines are one of the greatest advances in public health in all of history. But he also knew that if he voted to sink Kennedy's nomination, Donald Trump would endorse someone to run against him in the Republican primary and he would soon have to go back to treating people with liver disease. Cassidy bit his lip, voted for Kennedy, and hoped the danger to his career was now gone.

Wrong. When you give in to a bully, he always comes back for more. Despite Cassidy giving Trump what he wanted, Trump has now endorsed Rep. Julia Letlow (R-LA) for Cassidy's seat. She may formally announce her challenge as soon as today.

Bill Cassidy, MD FAFO