Trump Blasts 'Disloyal' Senator Who Voted To Impeach Him, Urges Votes For Challenger On Morning Of GOP Primary
Trump attacked Cassidy over his vote to convict him at the 2021 impeachment trial as Cassidy faced a Trump-backed challenger.

SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYCredibility rates Yahoo News, which republished this story. The other scores rate the article itself.
Yahoo News is an established national news publisher, and this page attributes the original article to HuffPost. The reporting is brief and relies mostly on Trump's social media posts and limited election context.
- Source type — Established national-news publisher; the page identifies HuffPost as the original source.
- Author attribution — A named author is supplied, and the page links readers to the original HuffPost article.
- Editorial standards — The outlet has recognizable editorial operations, though this short article provides little reporting detail to assess.
The article quotes Trump's posts and provides basic context about the candidates and runoff rules. It offers little sourcing beyond the posts, gives no polling details or named poll source, and includes no response from Cassidy or Letlow.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The article reports Trump's criticism and endorsement but includes no response from Cassidy or Letlow and provides only limited context for the race.
- Source diversity — Trump's social media posts are the principal source; no other source is quoted.
- Counterarguments presented — Neither Cassidy nor Letlow is given a response in the article.
- Omitted context — The polling claim is not attributed to a poll or accompanied by details.
The report is mostly a neutral account of Trump's posts, but its description of his remarks as a “diatribe” gives the framing a slight critical tilt.
- Language tone — “Diatribe” characterizes Trump's remarks negatively; most other descriptions are factual or attributed.
- Framing — The story centers Trump's attacks and endorsement without adopting their claims as fact.
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This is HuffPost's own score, and this article is credited to HuffPost. The host score in the Source Check is Yahoo News's.
Donald Trump attacked Sen. Bill Cassidy and urged Louisiana Republicans to vote for Rep. Julia Letlow in the state’s Saturday Senate primary. Former Rep. John Fleming was also running, and the article said polling showed him in the lead.
Trump called Cassidy “a disloyal disaster” and criticized his vote to convict Trump at the 2021 impeachment trial. Trump also predicted Cassidy would be defeated and urged voters to support Letlow, calling her “a winner who will NEVER let you down.”
Cassidy faced Letlow and former Rep. John Fleming in the primary. The article said polling showed Fleming leading and that a runoff would follow if no candidate received more than 50% of the vote.
Community verdict
VOTING CLOSEDNo good or bad look here
This story reports what happened without casting Cassidy in a good or bad light, so readers don’t rate it and it doesn’t count toward Cassidy’s record.
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SWIPE →Louisiana senator criticized by Trump over his impeachment-trial vote
President who attacked Cassidy and endorsed Letlow
Trump's version of this story ↗Louisiana representative and Trump-backed Senate primary challenger
Letlow's version of this story ↗Former representative and candidate in the Louisiana Senate primary
Part of a bigger story
6 OUTLETSTrump attacked Sen. Bill Cassidy on Louisiana’s Republican primary day and urged voters to support Rep. Julia Letlow. Cassidy was seeking reelection after voting to convict Trump in the 2021 impeachment trial. Left-leaning outlets center Trump’s attack and endorsement of Letlow. Center outlets frame the primary as a test of Trump’s influence and whether voters will support Cassidy after his vote to convict Trump.
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