Cassidy violated his oath: First, do no harm. RFK Jr. snowed him on his dangerous and longstanding vaccine opposition. Cassidy knows this. He chickened out. Sad.
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I think we should assume that one of the obvious political advantages for the forces of wrong rn is having a rogue tech billionaire in charge means the embarrassing search history of every Democrat is available 24/7. Don’t expect courage.
Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy both work for Satan trump, not for the good people of Louisiana. They are weak, spineless, morally bankrupt and completely corrupt. I don't understand why people vote for Republicans. They do nothing to make our lives easier. They only care about power and money.
Unfortunately, the poorest people in Louisiana have been experiencing it for decades. Their votes are suppressed, their districts are gerrymandered and the blatant antipathy towards people of color in that state is antebellum still.
Cassidy represents my area. I contacted his office beforehand urging him to vote no and have now expressed my disappointment. I flat out told him he knows better as a doctor and that this will endanger us all.
Makes you wonder what they threatened. Of course, they threatened primarying him, but what other leverage did they have? I know MAGA is violent, and that could be part of it. But this is definitely him putting himself OVER his constituents best interests. #shameful
People like Cassidy know they are making a mistake here. They are being threatened by the MAGA base not only politically but physically - and their families as well. MAGA has become like a political Cosa Nostra, using the same tactics.
This guy needs his medical credentials pulled. What the hell happened to first do not harm??? If rfk does anything bad he should permanently lose his credentials and all standing in the science and medical community.
Gutless Cassidy caved under pressure. He made sure that perhaps his own grandchildren are less likely to survive childhood diseases that are preventable when vaccines are available. Those vaccines will be out of reach for all but the upper 1%.
Oaths mean nothing to the MagaQ GQP...the crisis we are facing is our government is based on honoring an oath...there are no safeguards or consequences to those who violate that...we depended on our institutions but they've been infiltrated by the oath breakers hence no enforcement of our laws...
Another spineless and gutless traitor to his oath, constituents and country. Letting a raving lunatic off the hook is despicable. Take a long hard look in the mirror Doc.
donnies tariffs
Buying Greenland
Taking back Panama Canal ect….
All designed to take pressure off the cabinet nominations….
Everybody’s chasing donnies latest and constant shinny object instead of pressuring senators!
Another bought and paid Democrat. All the evidence is right before his eyes and he chose to vote Yes for this quack. Might as well have Donald Duck run HHS
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Did they pledge the Hippocratic Oath or the Hypocrite's oath?
I shall do by my patients as I would be done by; shall obtain consultation whenever I or they desire; shall include them to the extent they wish in all important decisions;
so, an R Senator, from a backwoods state that is 51st in all civilized measures of success, particularly in health data, acted like a sycophantic eunuch for Dear Leader and the brain worm?
Let them die if you're stupid enough to believe them well obviously
I guess it's ok.OK. I think I'll look to Canada for my health information, I will find there websites now UNITED STATES Does no guidance or tracking,now that we're a third world country! So sad.lm just happy it's so great
Amazingly and maddening how oaths to medical profession ( I’ve taken that) and oath of the Senate to uphold the Constitution ( took that too as a VA Dr)
Cassidy believes any of “the close oversight” and actions is serious??
Welcome to the daily shit show.
All republicans!! Republican voters , as well as democrats not voting , as well as the wealthiest man on earth sunk millions on lies thru out the blue wave states.
How ironic! Cassidy, a medical professional, just carried out a self-inflicted lobotomy! Cerebellum or Medulla -- no clarification yet.... diagnosis pending?
“I want to thank VP JD specifically for his honest counsel.” I think he was strong-armed into voting for RFKJr. These weenies don’t want to be primaried.
Trump’s people have no sense of shame. No ethics, no patriotism, no professional pride. We know this already. So why are democrats not able to craft a coherent plan of action?
At this point, why the hell would anybody accept assurrances from this administration about anything? They will tell any lie they think will get them what they want.
Oh well, if JD says he's OK that's good enough! How sickening.... Bad choice of words since now many more Americans will become sick thanks to trump/kennedy policies.
Cassidy should know better. He is a doctor. He voted for RFK Jr because he is up for reelection in 2026 and doesn't want to be primaried by Musk's millions. Very very sad.
A doctor votes for a quack. I'm a little familiar with the Hippocratic Oath...something about doing no harm? Cassidy just harmed 340 million people in one moment of complete cowardice.
So the honest counsel was “ if you don’t vote yes you won’t win a primary ever again” and the support was “if you vote yes we’ll bankroll you’re next election”
So no integrity. Dumped his physician oath for personal gain.
He should have done the right thing but he’s afraid of being outed in the upcoming election. He will not win anyway. He obviously hasn’t read the Trump tea leaves.
I always think of that Liz Cheney quote - "Tonight, I say this to my Republican colleagues who are defending the indefensible: There will come a day when Donald Trump is gone, but your dishonor will remain."
He's in Louisiana. That means you can be the most awful individual possible and have an r next to your name, you will win the election. Sauron would win as a Republican in Louisiana.
Another feckless sell out! And you call yourself a Doctor?! I guess you didn't really mean the things you swore to when you took the hippocratic oath, or does that have an expiration date?!
When you have blood on your hands from this disasterous vote of yours... you have only yourself to blame.
They need to be held accountable for the next pandemic-criminally and financially bc they know good & well they are enabling a medical shitshow. Let their families stand on the front line.
The AMA needs to take away Cassidy’s license. I don’t understand why they all care so much about being primaried. It’s not like they are doing anything.
Vance does not want a pro-American agenda. He says he wants to model the government after Viktor Orban of Hungary, who overthrew the Hungarian government from within. He's promoted books that praise Francisco Franco and Augusto Pinochet, ruthless dictators.
He said this “I will use my authority as Senate committee chair to rebuff any attempt to remove the public’s access to lifesaving vaccines,” Cassidy said. “I will watch carefully for any effort to wrongfully sow any fear about vaccines.”
I call BULLSH*T he will never intervene
“Honest counsel” from JD Vance?! He perpetuated the lies that Haitian immigrants were eating people’s pets in his own state of Ohio, to say nothing about other lies he’s told. Cassidy folded under pressure, and his constituents should hold him accountable. This is a very bad decision.
I think everyone can agree we want a healthy America and lot of work needed in order to achieve , but you can’t discount the rest of the batshit crazy things RFK represents.
Really thought Cassidy would lean toward science and his oath, damn.
As Asawin Suebsaeng said, if Cassidy had just said he liked having a political future and preferred Donald Trump, Jr., and JD Vance to not be mad publicly at him, he would have had more respect for him.
Daddy Trumps crackdown on drugs at the border has Junior squirming and sliming around for his next drug deal. Poor little coke addict. I'd start checking his luggage on the return trip from those private charter hunting trips.
Cassidy knows what will happen better than most and is serving something else. He is not a good person in a tough spot. He is not a victim. He chose to do this to America.
Cassidy forsook the Hippocratic oath for the hypocritic oath. He KNOWS how dangerous the rhetoric is, but hey a man’s gotta get re-elected. There is NO courage to be found in the cesspool that was once the GOP.
Senator Cassidy is just another spineless, cowardly republican who has abdicated his Constitutional duties to trump. Isn’t Cassidy the one who shafted Jimmy Kimmel over supporting Jimmy’s position on health care?
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Every single Democrat in the house needs to be screaming fascism ALL day in front of the news so Americans see they are fighting for us.
Scream constitutional crisis!
SIGN and SHARE! We need to organize !
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But without the integrity.
Fuck Cassidy.
Rising prices, fewer jobs, less healthcare, and less education
It's the FO phase of FAFO
Let the education process begin
jd vance~MORON
Buying Greenland
Taking back Panama Canal ect….
All designed to take pressure off the cabinet nominations….
Everybody’s chasing donnies latest and constant shinny object instead of pressuring senators!
Did they pledge the Hippocratic Oath or the Hypocrite's oath?
I shall do by my patients as I would be done by; shall obtain consultation whenever I or they desire; shall include them to the extent they wish in all important decisions;
And then thank RFK Jr. if this invades our country once he has decimated the health system and related vaccines.
#idiots
gotta sit down for a bit….feeling dizzy
I guess it's ok.OK. I think I'll look to Canada for my health information, I will find there websites now UNITED STATES Does no guidance or tracking,now that we're a third world country! So sad.lm just happy it's so great
Cassidy believes any of “the close oversight” and actions is serious??
Welcome to the daily shit show.
Are you really that stupid?
Thomas Sowell
Himself too!
And your empire is dying too
So no integrity. Dumped his physician oath for personal gain.
If you don’t have integrity you have nothing.
of Duffy
(passing each other in hallway)
Cassidy: Hey Bobby, how's it goin'?
RFK: Fine, Ted, how's it with you?
Cassidy: Goin' great, see ya.
RFK: Take care!
When you have blood on your hands from this disasterous vote of yours... you have only yourself to blame.
FDA & PMRA & CropLife/Bayer/Monsanto revolving doors choose to kill soils/insects/birds/humans/aquatics/native varieties.
Trump & Trudeau are forcing GMO RR corn on Mexico.
https://traits.bayer.ca/en/roundup-ready-2-xtend-soybean-traits-bayer-crop-science-canada
Oaths and treaties mean nothing to our leaders.
#SoldHisSoul
Be loud enough to spray your discontent!
Take care.
I do harbor some small hope that out of that pack of spineless mealy mouthed democrats a gifted fed up leader will emerge to take back our democracy.
We should look into making a complaint to the medical licensing board of LA. It won’t go anywhere, but it’s a good marker to lay down.
I call BULLSH*T he will never intervene
Politics above humanity.
Really thought Cassidy would lean toward science and his oath, damn.