BATON ROUGE, La. — Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana) had just easily won reelection when he broke with his party and voted to convict President Donald Trump at his 2021 impeachment trial for his role in inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.Subscribe for unlimited access to The PostYou can cancel anytime.Subscribe
A GOP senator defied Trump on impeachment, and voters haven’t forgotten
Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana faces two challengers — one endorsed by the president — in Saturday’s primary, five years after voting to convict Trump.










