This Doctor-Senator Who Backed RFK Jr. Now Faces a Fight for His Job -- And His Legacy

[erronis]

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/bill-cassidy-rfk-jr-confirmation-vaccines-hepatitis-b-hhs-senate-primary-louisiana/
Amanda Seitz -- KFF News

BATON ROUGE, La. - The ambitious liver doctor would go just about anywhere in his home state to give people the hepatitis B vaccine.

Bill Cassidy offered jabs to thousands of inmates at Louisiana's maximum-security prison in the early 2000s. A decade before that, he set up vaccine clinics in middle schools, a model hailed nationally as a success.

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Today, a year after now-Sen. Cassidy warily cast the vote that ensured Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s ascension to that role, the Louisiana Republican's life's work -- in medicine and in politics -- is unraveling.

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Last year, on the day Kennedy was sworn in a thousand miles away in Washington, Louisiana's health department stopped promoting vaccines, halting its clinics and advertising. Its communications about an ongoing whooping cough outbreak in the state have nearly ceased. It took months for the state to announce last year that two infants had died from the illness. A Louisiana child's death from the flu was confirmed this January, and a couple of cases of measles were reported last year.

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[RT Atlanta]

1. he made his bed and should live with the consequences....

this piece shouldnt be a pity party for that doctor.... anyone with a heartbeat could foresee this trainwreck coming down the line. If cassidy voted for the shitgibbon, hang that vote around his neck like kryptonite.

[LisaL]

2. I think FAFO perfectly applies here.

What did he think was going to happen when he backed up RFKjr?

[RockRaven]

3. There is NO fight for his legacy. His legacy is absolutely 100% cooked. In the mud. Kaput.

There is no redemption opportunity. Some bells cannot be un-rung.

[pat_k]

4. Too bad it's not the vote to confirm that is sinking him.

Shame on him for not speaking out.

Bobby reportedly got his vote with a pledge not to "tinker" with the vaccine program. If Cassidy had an ounce of integrity, he'd have been raising holy hell. Screw the job. Stand up and speak the truth to the anti-vax Louisiana voters. Maybe change some minds and save some lives.

Coward.

[3catwoman3]

7. "If Cassidy had an ounce of integrity..."

Precisely. Shame on him!

[3catwoman3]

5. "If Cassidy had an ounce of integrity, he'd have been raising holy hell."

He obviously does not. Your legacy is firmly cemented in shame, Doc.

[Cha]

6. That's some Weird Self Sabotage!

Oh and this is RF's latest way to Kill Americans.

RFK Jr. says we need more herbicide production, stunning his followers

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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to endorse increased production of a chemical herbicide he has previously called a carcinogen has sparked a furious reaction among his followers and stressed the MAGA-MAHA alliance.

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/23/rfk-jr-s-endorsement-of-trumps-plan-to-boost-u-s-herbicide-production-threatens-maga-maha-alliance-00793648

[MustLoveBeagles]

8. His legacy was damaged when he voted for RFK Jrs confirmation

It's a bell that can't be unrung. The worst part is that he knew better.

[womanofthehills]

9. Cassidy is an assh*ole but he being challenged by Trump

Trump hates him because he voted to convict Trump in his impeachment trial in 2021. So Trump is backing his opponent to get revenge on Cassidy.
Both candidates suck.