How can one not understand that the GOP'ers in congress are Trump's cowards, and that includes Senator Bill Cassidy? Evidently, from an editorial column in question and answer form recently published in the Times Picayune by Stephanie Grace and Quin Hillyer they seemed not to know. The subject was about the confirmation vote of RFK Jr. as Secretary of the federal government's Health and Human Services Department.
Cassidy, a chairman of one of the Senate committees voted to confirm RFK Jr. as Secretary. Cassidy, a doctor should have known better, but like the majority of the GOP, took the cowards way out and voted to confirm. Taking the coward's way out and kissing Trump's ring was not unusual for Cassidy as the congressional record reports that Cassidy voted with Trump's agenda 89% of the time during Trump's first term.
Cassidy was part of the GOP ditto heads when he voted for the GOP's fraud Health Care Plan when they controlled both houses of congress. John McCain joined all the democrats to defeat that plan and save the Affordable Care Act which Cassidy and the GOP wanted to kill. Does that sound like a good doctor, especially since the CBO said that the GOP health plan if passed would have thrown millions of people off the insured rolls. Cassidy knew better at that time also, but was still a coward and voted as Trump's ditto head.
Cassidy's record of approving Trump's nominees and supporting his agenda was known long ago and was not going to change in Trump's second term. He and the GOP in congress are just sitting on their hands watching Trump's attempt to destroy the federal government's functions. In fact the GOP's leadership in congress remarked recently that the courts should take a back seat and not take up any suits filed against Trump for some of his recent illegal actions.
It is clear to this writer that Trump, the convicted criminal and the cowardly GOP in congress, have no respect for the law, no self respect, no respect for their congressional duties to serve the public good, and allowed Trump to corrupt the GOP in congress. It is another sad chapter in Louisiana politics. Really, did Cassidy's yes vote on RFK Jr. surprise anyone???
The damage will show up along the way in time and it will be severe.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
