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Cassidy after primary defeat: 'Our country is not about one individual'
Key takeaways
- Bill Cassidy (R-La.) said Saturday that the U.S. is not about one individual as he conceded the race to Rep.
- Letlow, who was endorsed by President Trump, and Fleming will face one another in a runoff on June 27.
- Cassidy added, in a likely reference to Trump and the 2020 election, that if someone doesn t understand that and attempts to control others through the levers of power, they are about serving themselves.
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Bill Cassidy (R-La.) said Saturday that the U.S. is not about one individual as he conceded the race to Rep. Julia Letlow (R-La.) and Louisiana Treasurer John Fleming (R).
Letlow, who was endorsed by President Trump, and Fleming will face one another in a runoff on June 27. The incumbent senator congratulated them on their advancement before he said he would just set the record straight.
Our country is not about one individual, it is about the welfare of all Americans, and it is about our Constitution, and it is the welfare of my people and my state and my country and our Constitution to which I am loyal, he said.
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