GOP Senator: Maybe Trump Is The Wrong Messenger For The Party

U.S. Rep. Bill Cassidy, a Republican, speaks to reporters after qualifying to run for the U.S. Senate, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014, in Baton Rouge, La. Cassidy is seeking to keep Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu from a fou... U.S. Rep. Bill Cassidy, a Republican, speaks to reporters after qualifying to run for the U.S. Senate, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014, in Baton Rouge, La. Cassidy is seeking to keep Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu from a fourth term in office. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte) MORE LESS
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Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) told C-SPAN that there is a chance the Donald Trump is a flawed messenger.

“The message that we have is pretty good,” Cassidy said according to the interview flagged by BuzzFeed. “It may turn out that Mr. Trump is not the messenger. Maybe he is…But it really seems to boil down to Mr. Trump’s personality being not what people like, as opposed to some of the issues.”

It was a strange admission from a sitting Republican senator from a conservative state just two months ahead of the presidential election.

Cassidy went on to say that the Republican Party was prepared to work with Clinton if that is what it came to.

“There will be common ground… Ryan is a great American. He is going to work with whomever he needs to work [with] to make something happen,” Cassidy said in the interview according to BuzzFeed.

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  1. Maybe?

  2. Gosh Cassidy…have you talked to Mitch lately? He’s all in on another 8 years of total obstruction…after all, it’s not about the COUNTRY for God’s sake…

  3. Ya think, Bill?

  4. Avatar for pshah pshah says:

    Not just the messenger, your message is also screwed up.

    Tax cuts for the wealthy, perpetual war, voting right restrictions, climate change denial, and an overall inability to govern.

  5. I disagree, Billy. I think Drumpf is the perfect messenger. He embodies everything there is to know about the Republiklan message. Clueless, crooked, hateful, self-immolating … what more could you ask for?

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