I Just Don't Get It': Bill Cassidy Knocks Trump's Ballroom In Latest Split After Election Loss

Cassidy, a lame-duck senator, criticized President Trump’s proposed White House ballroom after losing a primary to Trump-backed challengers. His loss followed earlier tensions tied to his vote to convict Trump in the second impeachment trial after Jan. 6. After conceding, Cassidy repeatedly responded to Trump and his agenda. He suggested Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was a felon after Trump endorsed Paxton in a Texas Senate primary. Cassidy also provided a key vote to discharge a War Powers Resolution aimed at forcing an end to Trump’s war with Iran and said he would vote against the White House ballroom. He argued the project plans lacked architectural, environmental, and engineering details and questioned how it could cost exactly $1 billion, saying the number seemed made up.

"Cassidy doubled down on that stance on Wednesday, telling press that the plans for the project were so vague, there was no clear explanation for where the money would go. There's no architectural plans. There is no environmentals. There's no engineering. There's no sense of when we ask, how did it happen to cost exactly a billion, he said. In my mind, that is it could cost a lot less. It could cost a lot more. I just don't get it."

"After Trump endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) in the primary for a Texas Senate seat, Cassidy told a reporter he thought Ken Paxton was a felon. The same day, Cassidy provided a crucial vote to discharge a War Powers Resolution that would force Trump to end his war with Iran and indicated he would vote against the president's White House ballroom."

"Cassidy has long been a target of the president's since his vote to convict Trump during his second impeachment trial after the Jan. 6 insurrection. Yet Cassidy's loss has already come with consequences for the president. In the days following his fiery concession speech complete with veiled attacks on Trump the senator has repeatedly hit back at the president and his agenda."

"Senate Republicans removed that billion-dollar request from their immigration enforcement funding bill on Wednesday, though the final text of the bill has yet to be fi. Cassidy made similar comments on Tuesday, claiming that the administration just kind of made that number up, when asking for $1 billion in government funds."

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