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How another Republican targeted by Trump lost a primary

May 18, 2026·16 min·4-min readnarrativenews
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Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy, a Republican who voted to convict Trump in 2021 and later clashed with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over health nominations, lost his primary in a Trump-backed purge of disloyal GOP members. Meanwhile, Trump’s aggressive ICE detention policies have been struck dow

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