"Letlow, a Republican, is issuing a primary challenge to two-term GOP incumbent Bill Cassidy, a former physician who once voted to convict the president of inciting an insurrection during his second impeachment trial after the 2021 Capitol riots. I know Julia well, have seen her tested at the highest and most difficult levels, and she is a TOTAL WINNER!, the president wrote on Truth Social, after hearing that Letlow was considering entering the Louisiana Senate race."
"Cassidy, who sits on the Senate health committee has sought to avoid the president's ire last year by casting the deciding vote to confirm health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr despite numerous misgivings about Kennedy's past comments undermining the safety and efficacy of vaccines. He has since pushed back against Kennedy's handling of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), including at a bipartisan committee hearing in September when the senator accused the health secretary of effectively denying people the vaccine,"
Julia Letlow announced a Senate bid to challenge two-term Republican incumbent Bill Cassidy after receiving a social-media endorsement from Donald Trump. Cassidy, a former physician, voted to convict the president in the impeachment trial and later cast the deciding vote to confirm Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr despite misgivings about Kennedy's past comments on vaccine safety. Cassidy has criticized Kennedy's handling of HHS and accused the secretary at a bipartisan hearing of effectively denying people vaccine access after the FDA approved new Covid-19 inoculations with restrictions. Letlow won a 2021 special election after her husband died from Covid-19 and emphasized loyalty to Trump's policy agenda.
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