GET ME REWRITE: History will remember spineless Louisiana GOP U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy M.D. as Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s enabler

 

Headline:  Louisiana Illuminator, 9/14/2025

Crystal Rommen reports:

As a licensed clinical social worker, a grassroots community organizer and public health advocate in Northeast Louisiana, I eagerly anticipated hearing U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy’s timely insights at a recent event in West Monroe. However, as a concerned voter and mother of two young children, I was not only left with my fears unassuaged, but also a spirit deeply unsettled for our nation’s health and the future my children will inherit. 

Cassidy cast the deciding vote to confirm U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy after he promised to uphold vaccine confidence and scientific integrity. He has since broken those commitments, spreading misinformation, undermining public health and endangering lives. [emphasis added]

During Cassidy’s visit in West Monroe, I asked him pointedly: “Aside from removing RFK Jr. as HHS Secretary and confirming a more competent appointee, how do you plan to protect Americans’ access to vaccines, especially for our most vulnerable babies aged 0-3 years old?” 

I appreciated his initial robust response, likening fighting vaccine-preventable disease to “biological warfare.” Cassidy also said he was upset with the termination of mRNA research. It was evident how passionately he feels about protecting access to lifesaving vaccines.

However, everything fell flat with his non sequitur closing statement 

“I don’t know, but I’m working on it,” the senator said.

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Chapter 2.  (3/10)

Chapter 3.  (3/10)

Chapter 4.  (3/11)

Chapter 5.  (3/12)

Chapter 6.  (3/12)

Chapter 7.  (3/13)

Chapter 8.  (3/14)

Chapter 9.  (3/14)

Chapter 10.  (3/14)

Chapter 11.  (3/14)
Chapter 12.  (3/14)

Chapter 13.  (3/15)

Chapter 14.  (3/18)

Chapter 15.  (3/19)

Chapter 16.  (3/19)

Chapter 17.  (3/21)

Chapter 18.  (3/22)

Chapter 19.  (3/26)

Chapter 20.  (3/28)

Chapter 21.  (3/29)

Chapter 22.  (3/30)

April 2025

Chapter 23.  (4/1/)

Chapter 24.  (4/2)

Is Bill Cassidy finally growing a spine or is this just another smokescreen.  (4/6)

Louisiana GOP senator Bill Cassidy does the chicken dance while Robert Kennedy Jr. upends bird flu testing efforts.  (4/6)

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Measles and whooping cough outbreaks:  If only Bill Cassidy had found his spine 57 days ago.  (4/11)

Robert Kennedy Jr. continues to toy with and humiliate Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy, M.D.  (4/26)

May 2025

Louisiana GOP senator Bill Cassidy M.D. visits Fantasyland.  (5/16)

Still getting snookered by RFKjr.  (5/16)

Louisiana U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy M.D. got snookered by Robert F. Kennedy and all he can do it smile about it.  (5/28)

Spineless behavior of Bill Cassidy M.D. unleashes more damage to United States health care system.  (5/29)

June 2025

You can thank spineless Louisiana GOP Senator Bill Cassidy M.D. for the makeover @HHS. (6/2)

Spineless Louisiana GOP Senator Bill Cassidy M.D. abets Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in the war on science @HHS.  (6/7)

Once again we have spineless Louisiana GOP senator Bill Cassidy M.D. to thank for this travesty.  (6/10)

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

CNN analyst assumes that Louisiana GOP U.S  Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. had principles to abandon.  (6/11)

Finding himself in a tight squeeze, spineless Louisiana GOP U.S. senator Bill Cassidy M.D. chooses loyalty to Trump over commitment to medicine.  (6/12)

Leading candidate for Sap of the Year?  Spineless Louisiana GOP U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy M.D. is a good bet.  (6/14)

State's largest newspaper takes spineless Louisiana GOP U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy M.D. to task for his vaccine dithering.  (6/16)

Now in its 5th month!!  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. playing spineless Louisiana GOP U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy M. D. for a fool.  (6/17)

You can place the blame on "the massive disruption of the public health vaccine system" at the cold feet of spineless Louisiana GOP U.S. senator Bill Cassidy M.D.  (6/19)

Spineless Louisiana U.S. GOP senator Bill Cassidy M.D. earns an unflattering profile in The Nation. (6/20)

It appears that spineless Louisiana GOP U.S. senator Bill Cassidy M.D. is willing to trash public health vaccine system just to get re-elected.  (6/21)

134 days after voting to confirm Robert Kennedy Jr as secretary @HHS, Louisiana GOP U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy M.D. takes a baby step to reclaim his spine.  (6/27) 

RFK Jr. Is systematically undermining vaccine science and endangering health while spineless Louisiana GOP U.S. senator Bill Cassidy M.D. dithers.  (6/27)

Local news media continue to hammer away at Louisiana GOP U.S. senator Bill Cassidy M.D. for his spinelessness.  (6/27)

July 2025

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In a sign of desperation , pathetic and spineless Louisiana GOP senator Bill Cassidy M.D. starts campaigning on big ugly bill.  (7/10)

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Spineless Louisiana GOP US Senator Bill Cassidy M.D. is too busy campaigning to be concerned about this catastrophe.  (7/17) 

August 2025

Louisiana GOP U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy M.D. places political survival over public service.  (8/3)

You can place the blame for this debacle at the feet of spineless Louisiana GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy, M.D.  (8/5)

Shameful legacy of spineless Louisiana GOP U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D.:  Opening the door to Robert Kennedys deadly anti-vaccine agenda.  (8/8)

Shameful legacy of spineless Louisiana GOP U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D.:  Opening the door to Robert Kennedy's deadly anti-vaccine agenda (chapter 2).  (8/8)

Plan on spineless Louisiana GOP U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy M.D. groveling at altar of Trump every day until November 3, 2026.  (8/9)

Spineless Mickey Mouse Louisiana GOP U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy M.D. defends his Trump bona fides.  (8/12)

Spineless Louisiana GOP senator Bill Cassidy M.D.  will never live down his bungling of RFKjr @HHS nomination.  (8/25)

September 2025

Question of the Day:  Will spineless GOP Louisiana U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy M.D. use his authority to rein in Robert Kennedy Jr.?