Sen Kennedy says Trump still has ‘huge impact’ after Louisiana election shakes GOP establishment

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., reacts to his colleague Bill Cassidy's primary defeat in Louisiana and former Vice President Kamala Harris' potential 2028 presidential campaign. President Donald Trump's "huge impact" on Republican politics is alive and well, Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., said Sunday, pointing to the president's endorsement that helped shake up a Louisiana Senate race and unseat incumbent Sen. Bill Cassidy. "Unless you're God's perfect idiot, the result was predictable," Kennedy told "The Sunday Briefing." "The polls have shown for well over a year that Senator Cassidy was in trouble, [and] I think the president's endorsement of Congresswoman [Julia] Letlow was sort of the icing on the cake. Bill knew that, but he decided to run anyway, and I respect that," he added. Letlow and Louisiana Treasurer John Fleming topped Cassidy in Saturday's GOP p