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*[https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/06/politics/rand-paul-bill-cassidy-vaccines/index.html GOP senator defends mandatory vaccinations after Paul says they're inconsistent with liberty]. ''CNN''.</ref>
*[https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/06/politics/rand-paul-bill-cassidy-vaccines/index.html GOP senator defends mandatory vaccinations after Paul says they're inconsistent with liberty]. ''CNN''.</ref>
In 2020, Cassidy called for [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] to concede the election to former Vice President [[Joe Biden]]. Cassidy, a former Democrat who once supported liberal presidential candidate [[Michael Dukakis]],<ref>Two references:
In 2020, Cassidy called for [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] to concede the election to former Vice President [[Joe Biden]]. Cassidy, a former Democrat who once supported liberal presidential candidate [[Michael Dukakis]] in 1988,<ref>Two references:
*[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>
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