CNN analyst assumes that Louisiana GOP U.S Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. had principles to abandon

Headline:  CNN, 6/10/2025

Aaron Blake responds to his rhetorical question: 

The Trump era is rife with Republicans who abandon their principles in the name of toeing Donald Trump’s line. But few have gambled with those principles recently like Louisiana Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy. 

The chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee in February played the pivotal role in confirming a longtime purveyor of vaccine misinformation, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as Health and Human Services secretary. 

Cassidy did so despite often citing how 30 years of practicing medicine taught him how crucial vaccines are – and despite his very public reservations about Kennedy’s views and motivations on the subject. [emphasis added]

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Chapter 11.  (3/14/2025)
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Chapter 13.  (3/15/2025)

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Chapter 15.  (3/19/2025)

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Chapter 17.  (3/21/2025)

Chapter 18.  (3/22/2025)

Chapter 19.  (3/26/2025)

Chapter 20.  (3/28/2025)

Chapter 21.  (3/29/2025)

Chapter 22.  (3/30/2025)

April 2025

Chapter 23.  (4/1/2025)

Chapter 24.  (4/2/2025)

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May 2025

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Still getting snookered by RFKjr.  (5/16)

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June 2025

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It's clear that spineless Louisiana GOP U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy M.D. hasn't learned his lesson from January.  (6/11)