Ousted senator Bill Cassidy: no regrets over Trump impeachment vote

Republican defeated in primary says backing Trump’s conviction ‘may have cost me my seat, but who cares?’ Returning to the US Capitol after a stinging primary re-election loss, Bill Cassidy, a Republican senator of Louisiana, said he had no regrets about his “momentous” vote to convict Donald Trump on 2021 impeachment charges during his first presidency. “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 on 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 his supporters’ January 6 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 an