Cassidy primary defeat is a 'loss for the country,' Romney says

Sen. Bill Cassidy’s loss in the Louisiana Republican Primary over the weekend is "a loss for the country," former Utah Sen. Mitt Romney said.

Cassidy’s loss comes five years after he voted to convict President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial for his role in the violent Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

"The Senate to now lose an exceptionally brilliant and creative mind, an MD who chairs healthcare, and a person of character," Romney wrote Sunday in a post on X. "Bill Cassidy’s...