State of Louisiana Treasurer John Fleming announced an effort to impeach Senator Bill Cassidy, a Republican who voted to convict following the House impeachment vote against former President Donald Trump in the wake of the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol 2021.
Fleming, a former U.S. congressman, was a founding member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, according to a press release about his Senate bid.
“Senator Cassidy has failed the people of Louisiana,” Fleming said, according to the news release.
“I will fight to bring real, conservative solutions to the U.S. Senate, I will not yield to these conservative principles, and I will work with President Trump as I have done so many times before,” he declared.
Fox News Digital attempted to reach out to the senator for comment.
Rep. U.S. Senate candidate John Fleming, R-La., from Louisiana, holds a campaign rally at the Drusilla Seafood Restaurant in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on November 7, 2016. (Tom Williams/CQ roll call)
Fleming held posts in the previous Trump administration.
“I cannot fully express the deep sense of pride I have having served President Trump in the West Wing of the White House as he literally fought for his political life against those who attacked and turned their backs on him,” Fleming noted. , “but the opportunity to stand with him for the principles of America First is why I seek to serve the citizens of Louisiana in the United States Senate.”
Trump endorsed Cassidy for re-election in 2020, before the lawmaker became one of the Senate Republicans who voted to convict following the House of Representatives’ impeachment vote against Trump in early 2021.
That Senate vote took place after Trump had already left office, and the number of senators voting to convict did not reach the threshold needed for a conviction.
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, R-La., attends a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on August 5, 2022 in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Trump denounced Senator Cassidy in posts on Truth Social earlier this year.
“One of the worst senators in the United States Senate is without a doubt Bill Cassidy, a TOTAL FLAKE no matter how Republican he may be,” Trump declared on April 1.
“Bill Cassidy is now being shunned in his own state as a disloyal lightweight, and it’s beautiful to see,” Trump stated in another post.
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Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., listens to testimony from U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tia during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on March 31, 2022 in Washington, D.C. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Cassidy’s flow US Senate The term ends in early 2027.
Fleming unsuccessfully ran for Senate in 2016.
