Mr. Cassidy,
You’re a man of a certain age and obvi intelligent enough to become a dr. However, your actions prove you are weak and gullible- to believe “promises” from this admin, after the destruction it has wrought over the last week, is mind-boggling and demoralizing. Willful ignorance is not a
good look for any seasoned politician, ever. You have violated your Hippocratic oath of “first of all, do no harm”, and galvanized your legacy, as a turncoat. Louisiana constituents depend on HHS for their very existence, and you have voted for a man who does not have their best interests in mind.
In your speech at RFKs hearing last week, you told him that conduct=character. That now applies to you. You have ignored the enormous volume of facts and made a choice that party and politics and cowing to an authoritarian are more important than following the facts and serving your constituents.
I am not one of your constituents, but I am an American. We have been forced to watch in horror the evisceration of everything we know and love in the last week. You have chosen to be part of that decline and dismantling with your willingness to cave on this nomination. I hope you sleep well!
This motherf***er. 😡
Listen up republicans, this guy voted to convict Trump after his impeachment and he’s still got a career. Some of you muppets can stand up once in a while too. Always time to go back to groveling. You pansies.
They keep self-emasculating, proudly and publicly. Who has never abased themselves this much for a job? I mean, what other skills could Dr. Cassidy use to support himself and his family....
They’ve already said that they will primary anyone who doesn’t get in line. Everyone knows this. How could a private conversation make a difference if that’s all that was threatened?
Just another example of a spineless congressman putting self over country. Let’s just keep putting these puppet politicians in positions to ruin our democracy and turn into a country run by oligarchs. Here’s to all those who drank the kool-aid. Soon they will realize it’s all about the 1%.
The fact that they have no compunction and they will not risk anything to oppose donald trump. I wonder what that's like? Because I could never do it, I'd be in front of the news cameras telling it all.
Imagine any other MD agreeing to put RFK Jr. in charge of anything medical-related. Is being in Congress such a powerful drug that these people will abandon all of their principles to be there?
So..."I am putting myself, my ego and my career above my country and the lives of countless Americans whose health will now be jeopardized by this deranged individual."
Fuck the fact you're voting for someone who doesn't believe in vaccines and caused 80 children to die by spreading misinformation about vaccines in Samoa.... So long as he insists kids eat more carrotts it's all good.
As a health care professional I am appalled that Senator Doctor Cassidy renounced his Hippocratic oath First do no harm, in advancing the lunatics nomination. Even basic credit office counselors employed by hospitals to process Medicaid applications know the definitions.
That commitment is not worth the paper it is written on. If the administration ignores the Constitution, does he think a verbal commitment is going to hold.
He put party over country! Just like McConnell did with impeachment and other issues. Cassidy should have his medical license revoked. I really hope that 4 Senators vote against this nomination or we will be in medical hell.
In 4 years he won't have to worry. If king trumpy and president musky get their way, there won't be elections to worry about. So do your job now and grow a pair
Repeating myself, none of these nominations matter. The real decision-making, policy-making, implementation power lies with President Mump. Nominees are just figureheads, there to do the spin, hence the number of TV hosts and celebs being nominated.
Let’s put your personal interest before your constituents interest and before the safety of your country.
It proves again to Trump that he can do anything there will be no Opposition.
Just Like Caligula he could have his horse being Senator and it will be exactly the same than current GOP senators
I always live the public agonizing. (Collins is the best at it!) In the end it's only a delaying tactic, to afford the most time to devise what they think is palatable cover jibberish.
Man, for these folks, their jobs are more important than ANYTHING. People act like being threatened with a primary is the same as being threatened with a kidnapping. It's not a good excuse.
I listened to Cassidy speak from the Senate floor, he basically said, Bobby promised me he will behave and I'm going to meet with him time to time. What a weak statement from a weak man. Trump and Vance own the GOP.
Cassidy was one of the seven GOP Senators to vote to convict in Trump Impeachment II, and he also didn't join the challenge to the 2020 election results. Ity that four years later whatever was left of his spine has dissolved.
LA has dropped its top-two jungle primary system for congressional elections. No idea whether Cassidy having to run in a partisan primary makes his 2026 reelection more or less difficult...
So his sole priority with confirming this idiot is based on healthy food and his loyalty to the 3rd Reich. Cassidy is a complete asshole as a human being and physician.
So fuck democracy as long as I get reelected. Fucking moron. There isn’t going to be another real election. 2024 was hacked and so will every future election.
Is it because they are lazy, greedy, or incapable of doing anything else? Are they unable to start a business & become a millionaire? Maybe they stay for the great HEALTH INSURANCE that WE don't get!!!
Coward! Another one only looking out for himself! Hope you get what’s coming to you! Polio, measles etc etc etc….and a bad case of diarrhea to go with it!
We were counting on you by to stand for the people. Your vote now proves we need a 3rd party, a moderate one that will stand for the truth, no matter the cost. That’s what our founding fathers did.
Humorous that the press ever thought there was some doubt about how Cassidy would vote. I guess he will "work w/" RFK on other issues like brain worms, heroin addiction oh wait ramifications of sexual harrassment on rich White male pop.
1st duty of a physician "do no harm" Cassidy failure.
Vance’s honest counsel: “If you don’t approve this man that is antithetical to everything your medical training tells you then you will lose your seat. Choose obedience over country.”
I just can't understand why anyone wants to keep a job in which they have to act contrary to everything they know to be right. Cassidy is a doctor. I'm sure he knows what happened to children in Samoa. He knows vaccines work and children will die, but keeping his job is more important to him.
He already knows he's being primaried. He voted to impeach. It's a done deal. White House probably lied to him and said they wouldn't. Rug pull coming up.
He's unfortunately one of my senators. I wrote him and Kennedy about this, and at least Kennedy (John, the other senator) got back to me with a nonsense AI-composed form response; nothing from Cassidy.
No matter what he said, trump won't help him bc he voted to impeach. He's about to learn...
WHAT A PITY FOR THE 67 YEAR OLD?! My god, if I was past retirement age and had the opportunity to stand on principle for something this big I sure as hell would. I'd do it now (am 49). All of them -- COWARDS undeserving of their titles. What a spineless cretin. His med license should be revoked.
LA State Board of Medical Examiners - 630 Camp Street - 504-568-5820 can take complaints on @senbillcassidy breaking his Hippocratic Oath to Medical Practices- 1-800-296-7549 - Let’s protest his decision by protesting his medical license - online complaint forms available at https://lsbme.la.gov
So what these politicians are saying is that they are so weak with their constituents the mere spector of a primary challenge will force them to do anything.
Since Senator Cassidy MD threw his Hippocratic oath under the bus, I think he should never practice medicine again. He chose party over the health & safety of Americans. Neither his oath to do no harm nor his oath to the Constitution mean nothing to him except being primary ed in his next election
He voted to convict Trump! They're either shining him on about no primary challenger, or he's not going to run anyway and he just doesn't want to deal with the threats.
So he sold out the American people so he could keep his job? To do what in his job? Be a rubber stamp for the lunacy that’s going on? Don’t care why he did this just know this will not end well for the American people.
Right. Healthy food and pro-American agenda. That’s all fine. But HHS should focus on real health issues. I’m a hematologist oncologist. You don’t need me to tell you what to eat.
Amazing no one in the MAGA GOP cult calls the bullies’ bluff….and capitulating to fascists shows their priority is NOT America and its citizens. So. Disgusted.
"I want to thank VP JD specifically for his honest counsel and non-specific primary threats. In direct opposition to the Hippocratic Oath I took when I became a doctor, I will vote yes to spare myself from the purge."
Before it's over, I'm afraid we're going to wish that Biden had just decided not to hand over power, had Trump & his gang arrested and thrown into Gitmo, and announced that he was staying in power until the "crisis was over".
Bill Cassidy is a political hack and a total coward. Zero integrity! A disgrace! Bill Cassidy is not worthy to have the title of Senator! He must be voted out!
It’s amazing that these politicians capitulate to these threats, is staying in power so important that they debase themselves like this? What happened to doing the right thing?
This is why democracy is crumbling. Voters are no longer informed or powerful. They are simply dumb pawns for MAGA. The people quit utilizing their power for themselves. Those in Government are now the most powerful
Primary be damned, I won't vote for any dems who bend the knee. I'll be calling for them to be ousted. They should start worrying about backlash from their own voters because we have had enough of their selfish bullshit.
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You’re a man of a certain age and obvi intelligent enough to become a dr. However, your actions prove you are weak and gullible- to believe “promises” from this admin, after the destruction it has wrought over the last week, is mind-boggling and demoralizing. Willful ignorance is not a
Listen up republicans, this guy voted to convict Trump after his impeachment and he’s still got a career. Some of you muppets can stand up once in a while too. Always time to go back to groveling. You pansies.
Given that Sen Cassidy (R) voted “YES,” it is likely that RFK Jr. will be the next HHS Secretary to create health policy for Americans.
Heaven help us.
So from now on any government will need to go through the court system.
It proves again to Trump that he can do anything there will be no Opposition.
Just Like Caligula he could have his horse being Senator and it will be exactly the same than current GOP senators
NO GLORY
1st duty of a physician "do no harm" Cassidy failure.
All I see is ppl worried about themselves. They all know RFK is an idiot.
No matter what he said, trump won't help him bc he voted to impeach. He's about to learn...
It's also highly possible that this gang of thugs just plain up threatened him with physical torture or death.
He will find out far too late for it to do any good, Trump got what he wanted out of Cassidy
And he will find that for merely hinting at resisting Trump he will be primaried.
Cassidy just burned up his Hippocratic oath.
The United States government is on its way to being burned to the ground, next up public health.
Before it's over, I'm afraid we're going to wish that Biden had just decided not to hand over power, had Trump & his gang arrested and thrown into Gitmo, and announced that he was staying in power until the "crisis was over".
Mighta been the lesser of evils...
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