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*[https://www.newsweek.com/who-bill-cassidy-669781 Who Is Bill Cassidy? How a Doctor for the Poor Became the Senator Leading the Obamacare Repeal Charge]. ''Newsweek''. Retrieved February 13, 2021.</ref> did not address the rampant fraud which occurred in that election. Nor did he indicate if he will now support the Biden agenda.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2021/01/03/republican-senator-bill-cassidy-urges-congress-certify-biden-win/4122229001/|title=Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy urges Congress to certify Biden win: 'Voters have spoken'|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=January 4, 2021|author=[[Greg Hilburn]]|accessdate=January 5, 2020}}</ref>
*[https://www.newsweek.com/who-bill-cassidy-669781 Who Is Bill Cassidy? How a Doctor for the Poor Became the Senator Leading the Obamacare Repeal Charge]. ''Newsweek''. Retrieved February 13, 2021.</ref> did not address the rampant fraud which occurred in that election. Nor did he indicate if he will now support the Biden agenda.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2021/01/03/republican-senator-bill-cassidy-urges-congress-certify-biden-win/4122229001/|title=Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy urges Congress to certify Biden win: 'Voters have spoken'|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=January 4, 2021|author=[[Greg Hilburn]]|accessdate=January 5, 2020}}</ref>
In 2021, Cassidy first voted to declare the second impeachment of President Trump "unconstitutional." Then he switched his vote the following week to "constitutional." He and six other aberrant Republican senators, including [[Mitt Romney]], [[Lisa Murkowski]], [[Susan Collins]], [[Ben Sasse]], [[Richard Burr]], and [[Pat Toomey]] voted "guilty" in the final tabulation to convict Trump of the single charge of "inciting an insurrection," referring to Capitol Hill riots on January 6, 2021. On the afternoon of the final Senate vote on impeachment, which fell ten votes short of conviction, the Louisiana Republican Party [[censure]]d Cassidy for his failure to follow the wishes of a majority of Louisiana voters and instead voting as he personally wished to do. Cassidy was handily reelected to a second term in the Senate in 2020, and his campaign advertising extolled Trump's success in the presidency.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/2021/02/13/trump-acquitted-louisiana-republican-party-censures-senator-bill-cassidy-over-guilty-vote/4477426001/|title=Louisiana GOP censures Sen. Bill Cassidy over his guilty Trump impeachment vote|author=Greg Hilburn|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|date=February 13, 2021|accessdate=February 14, 20221}}</ref>
In 2021, Cassidy first voted to declare the second impeachment of President Trump "unconstitutional." Then he switched his vote the following week to "constitutional." He and six other aberrant Republican senators, including [[Mitt Romney]], [[Lisa Murkowski]], [[Susan Collins]], [[Ben Sasse]], [[Richard Burr]], and [[Pat Toomey]], voted "guilty" in the final tabulation to convict Trump of the single charge of "inciting an insurrection," referring to Capitol Hill riot on January 6, 2021. On the afternoon of the final Senate vote on impeachment, which fell ten votes short of conviction, the Louisiana Republican Party [[censure]]d Cassidy for his failure to follow the wishes of a majority of Louisiana voters and instead voting as he personally wished to do. Cassidy was handily reelected to a second term in the Senate in 2020, and his campaign advertising extolled Trump's successes in the presidency.<ref name=censure>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/2021/02/13/trump-acquitted-louisiana-republican-party-censures-senator-bill-cassidy-over-guilty-vote/4477426001/|title=Louisiana GOP censures Sen. Bill Cassidy over his guilty Trump impeachment vote|author=Greg Hilburn|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|date=February 13, 2021|accessdate=February 14, 20221}}</ref>
The censure carries no legal weight, and a [[recall]] is not permitted for U.S. officials. The state Republican Executive Committee said, "We condemn, in the strongest possible terms, the vote today by Sen. Cassidy to convict former President Trump. Fortunately, clearer heads prevailed and President Trump has been acquitted of the impeachment charge filed against him." Party secretary Mike Bayham said that the censure vote "couldn't wait" because "many Republicans believe this was a betrayal and required immediate action.<ref name=censure/>
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