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Published: Tuesday, May 19, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — Returning to the U.S. Capitol after a stinging primary reelection loss, Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana said Monday evening that he has no regrets about his “momentous” vote to convict President Donald Trump on impeachment charges five years ago. “I voted to uphold the Constitution. It may have cost me my seat, but who cares?” Cassidy told reporters in the Capitol. “I had the privilege of voting to uphold the Constitution, isn’t that a great thing?” Cassidy lost his seat in his state’s Republican primary Saturday after Trump endorsed one of his opponents, and after years of trying to convince his voters that he was still supportive of the president even though he had voted to convict Trump in a Senate impeachment trial after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Cap

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Returning to the U.S. Capitol after a stinging primary reelection loss, Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana said Monday evening that he has no regrets about his “momentous” vote to convict President Donald Trump on impeachment charges five years ago.
“I voted to uphold the Constitution. It may have cost me my seat, but who cares?” Cassidy told reporters in the Capitol. “I had the privilege of voting to uphold the Constitution, isn’t that a great thing?”
Cassidy lost his seat in his state’s Republican primary Saturday after Trump endorsed one of his opponents, and after years of trying to convince his voters that he was still supportive of the president even though he had voted to convict Trump in a Senate impeachment trial after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
But after years of curtly dodging questions about his impeachment vote — and often saying nothing at all when pressed in the Capitol hallways — Cassidy now says he feels “great.”
“You’re looking at a man who loves his country, who feels very, very good about how I serve my country and my Constitution and my fellow Americans,” Cassidy said. &#8220;Wouldn’t all of us want to say, I voted to support the Constitution on something momentous? That’s the way I feel about it. I’m very pleased about it.”
He now joins a club of Republican lawmakers who have crossed Trump and lost. It remains unclear whether he will join GOP colleagues like North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis, who has become more outspoken since he announced his retirement last year. Cassidy wouldn’t directly criticize Trump on Monday evening, saying that “people want me to say negative things, but I’m saying positive things.”
Still, he did hint that he may have more to say, telling reporters he is undecided on how he will vote on the next Democratic measure to halt the Iran war and criticizing a new nearly $1.8 billion fund to compensate Trump allies who believe they have been unjustly investigated and persecuted — potentially including people who were prosecuted and later pardoned for their roles in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.
As Cassidy reflected on his two terms in the Senate, his GOP colleagues still loyal to Trump were mostly quiet or dispassionate about his loss.
“Bill’s loss was predictable, and Bill knew it,” said his Louisiana colleague, Republican Sen. John Kennedy.
Kennedy said Cassidy decided to run anyway, “and I respect that, and I thank him for his service. We’re running on to a runoff now and we’ve got two fine people in the runoff.”
Cassidy&#8217;s vote to convict Trump five years ago “was an issue, there’s no question,” Kennedy said.
South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of Trump’s closest allies, said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday that “those who try to destroy Trump politically, stand in the way of his agenda, are going to lose.”
Trump agreed, posting over the weekend on social media that “it’s nice to see that his political career is OVER!”
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