Bill Cassidy accuses Trump of treating Congress as ‘merely an appendage’
Senator Bill Cassidy leaves after a Senate Republican luncheon with Donald Trump at the US Capitol, on 24 June. Photograph: Graeme Sloan/EPAView image in fullscreenSenator Bill Cassidy leaves after a Senate Republican luncheon with Donald Trump at the US Capitol, on 24 June. “I raised my volume to match his,” he said, echoing remarks he had recently made.The cause of his anger, Cassidy said, was that under the separation of powers laid out in the US constitution, Congress had to be briefed.
- ▪Senator Bill Cassidy leaves after a Senate Republican luncheon with Donald Trump at the US Capitol, on 24 June.
- ▪Photograph: Graeme Sloan/EPAView image in fullscreenSenator Bill Cassidy leaves after a Senate Republican luncheon with Donald Trump at the US Capitol, on 24 June.
- ▪“I raised my volume to match his,” he said, echoing remarks he had recently made.The cause of his anger, Cassidy said, was that under the separation of powers laid out in the US constitution, Congress had to be briefed.
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Senator Bill Cassidy leaves after a Senate Republican luncheon with Donald Trump at the US Capitol, on 24 June. Photograph: Graeme Sloan/EPAView image in fullscreenSenator Bill Cassidy leaves after a Senate Republican luncheon with Donald Trump at the US Capitol, on 24 June. Photograph: Graeme Sloan/EPAUS politicsBill Cassidy accuses Trump of treating Congress as ‘merely an appendage’Out-going Louisiana senator’s rebuke over Iran war is rare instance of a Republican politician standing up to TrumpEd PilkingtonSun 28 Jun 2026 11.02 EDTFirst published on Sun 28 Jun 2026 10.33 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleBill Cassidy, the Republican senator from Louisiana who is being ousted from his position after Donald Trump successfully backed a challenger in May’s primary, has accused the US…
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