Senator Bill Cassidy has stepped up opposition to Trump’s agenda after losing the Louisiana race
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The Senate Republican who was ousted by President Donald Trump has taken a gun to hide from the president and is ready to become a pillar of his agenda when Cassidy is no longer in office.
Trump may have defeated Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., in the upper room when he proposed to Rep. Julia Letlow, R-La., in her primary race, but the lawmaker is not going quietly into the sunset of her political career in Congress.
Since the dust settled on Cassidy’s first race, which now turns to a showdown between Letlow and Louisiana State Treasurer John Fleming, the lawmaker has already tried to resist some of Trump’s policy and spending ambitions.
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Sen. Bill Cassidy is quietly parting ways with President Donald Trump after losing to Trump’s nominee in his primary race earlier this month. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images; Leon Neal/Getty Images)
In a long letter to X, Cassidy wrote about America’s future and called for unity. And while he didn’t specifically mention Trump’s name, his view of leadership appeared to be hostile to the president.
“For good measure, America has reinvented itself through leaders who understand that public office is a responsibility, not a job,” Cassidy said. “Americans don’t expect perfection from their leaders, but they do expect seriousness.”
“Leaders are stable, consistent. Those who think, who don’t rush,” he continued. “Their words should lower the temperature rather than fuel division. Their actions should put the long-term interests of the country above short-term political or personal gains.”
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Those messages came after Cassidy publicly broke with Trump over both the Iran war and the nearly $2 billion surprise “anti-weapons” package announced by the Justice Department earlier last week.
When asked about the post, Cassidy told Fox News Digital in a statement, “When trust is broken, whether it’s in marriage, business, or politics, it’s hard to get things done.
“It’s a look at life,” he said. “On the contrary, if you want to do things, build trust.”
All this comes after Trump made Cassidy one of his targets in his expensive revenge spree.
Cassidy, along with a number of other Republicans, voted to convict him during the last impeachment trial following the Jan. 6, 2021, on Capitol Hill. And he has no regrets about that vote, telling reporters last week shortly after the loss that he “voted to respect the Constitution.”
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President Donald Trump attends an event in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on May 21, 2026. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
“It may have cost me my seat, but who cares? I was lucky enough to vote to uphold the Constitution,” Cassidy said. “Isn’t that a good thing?”
The White House, when asked for comment on Tuesday about Cassidy’s criticism of the president, told Fox News Digital that it had reviewed Trump’s Truth Social media post about the law.
Trump celebrated Cassidy’s loss in his primary, and painted the lawmaker as untrustworthy for his impeachment vote.
“Bill Cassidy, after falsely exploiting his ‘relationship’ with me during his political career, and winning the Election as a result, voted to impeach me on false charges at the time, and is now criminally insane,” Trump said. “His disloyalty to the man who got him elected is now the stuff of legend, and it’s great to see that his political career is OVER!”
Not long after that, Cassidy slammed Trump on the Senate floor, joining nearly every Senate Democrat in calling for the president’s war powers on Iran. He cast a crucial vote to advance the resolution, which is expected to fail when it is brought up again.
And he, like several other Republicans, is flatly rejecting the “anti-gun” fund, which, after a tense, closed-door meeting last week, temporarily derailed the GOP’s campaign to fund immigration enforcement for the rest of Trump’s term.
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Cassidy, like several of his allies, wanted Congress to have a say in the fund.
“People are concerned about doing their own thing, not about putting together a fund without a legal basis,” said Cassidy. “We are a nation of laws. If it needs to be resolved, let’s consider it, then Congress meets and decides on that.”
Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House for comment.
