{"id":549421,"date":"2021-06-02T12:21:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T16:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=549421"},"modified":"2021-06-02T12:21:02","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T16:21:02","slug":"trump-endorses-sen-john-kennedy-says-fellow-sen-bill-cassidy-went-stupid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-endorses-sen-john-kennedy-says-fellow-sen-bill-cassidy-went-stupid\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Endorses Sen. John Kennedy, Says Fellow Sen. Bill Cassidy \u2018Went Stupid\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-endorses-sen-john-kennedy-says-fellow-sen-bill-cassidy-went-stupid%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=549421&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-628788166-scaled-e1622644910515.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump released a press statement Wednesday endorsing Republican Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy for reelection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFantastic news for Louisiana and the U.S.A.-Senator John Kennedy will be seeking re-election,\u201d Trump wrote in his <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewSolender\/status\/1400089333265272837\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press release<\/a>. \u201cJohn is strong on Crime, the Border, our Military, our veterans, Pro-Life, Energy and the Economy, and our very much under siege Second Amendment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump continued on to explain that compared to \u201cLouisiana\u2019s other Senator, Bill Cassidy,\u201d who is described as having used the former president\u2019s \u201cname in ads,\u201d in order to get reelected and then \u201cwent \u2018stupid.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republican Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy was one of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/02\/13\/republicans-voted-convict-trump-senate-impeachment-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">seven<\/a> Republicans who voted to impeach Trump following the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol Building.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJohn Kennedy is the real deal \u2026 A brilliant and highly educated man who will never let you down,\u201d Trump added. \u201cHe has my Complete and Total Endorsement.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"13.931972789116\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Trump endorses Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy for reelection, calling him \u201ca brilliant and highly educated man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Louisiana\u2019s other senator Bill Cassidy, who voted for impeachment, \u201cwent \u2018stupid\u2019,\u201d he says. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cViDfLcCvS\">pic.twitter.com\/cViDfLcCvS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewSolender\/status\/1400089333265272837?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Kennedy formally <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/01\/john-kennedy-reelection-bid-2022-senate-louisiana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> his plans to run for reelection Tuesday, stating in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnKennedyLA\/status\/1399762466150797315\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<\/a> released on Twitter that he would be the people\u2019s \u201cvoice during the good times and the bad,\u201d continuing on to add that he would \u201cnever be silent when the radical nut jobs tell,\u201d him \u201cto sit down and shut up.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/12\/02\/john-kennedy-georgia-republicans-special-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018If Dead People Can Do It, So Can You\u2019: John Kennedy Encourages Georgia Republicans To Turn Out In Special Election)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will not let you down. I\u2019d rather drink weed killer,\u201d Kennedy said at the end of his video.<\/p>\n<p>Trump previously <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/04\/donald-trump-endorses-john-kennedy-2022-senate-bid-louisiana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">endorsed<\/a> Kennedy for reelection in March, highlighting some of the issues that Kennedy has supported during his time in the Senate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump released a press statement Wednesday endorsing Republican Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy for reelection.\u201cFantastic news for Louisiana and the U.S.A.-Senator John Kennedy will be seeking re-election,\u201d Trump &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2278910,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-628788166-scaled-e1622644910515.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Trump Endorses Sen. John Kennedy, Says Fellow Sen. Bill Cassidy \u2018Went Stupid\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-549421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-628788166-scaled-e1622644910515.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Trump Endorses Sen. John Kennedy, Says Fellow Sen. 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