Leadership of the Louisiana Republican Party is considering how far it should go in voicing its condemnation of U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy s vote this week in favor to move forward with the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump.
The state party issued a blistering rebuke of their senior GOP senator immediately after Cassidy joined five other Republicans and all 50 Democrats Tuesday in voting to uphold the trial as constitutional, but members are discussing whether to censure him. My phone has been blowing up since it happened, said Mike Bayham, secretary of the state GOP and a member of its executive committee, in an interview with USA Today Network. This thing has hit a nerve. This is a big vote.
Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy faces backlash, but voters can t recall members of Congress
Louisiana U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy might be censured by his home state Republicans, but he can t be recalled by voters, Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin said.
Ardoin cited multiple references, among them a 2009 Louisiana attorney general s opinion, that prevent any member of Congress from being the subject of a recall petition.
The Louisiana Republican Party condemned their senior senator s vote to allow former President Trump s impeachment trial to move forward as constitutional, while Cassidy s home parish East Baton Rouge Republican Parish Executive Committee voted unanimously to censure him.