Bill Cassidy contends with MAHA in Washington and Louisiana

Sen. Bill Cassidy’s advocacy for vaccines and his résumé as a doctor have defined his political career

Sen. Bill Cassidy’s advocacy for vaccines and his résumé as a doctor have defined his political career.

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Now, those credentials are putting his Senate future in peril as Cassidy, R-La., prepares for the most difficult primary of his life Saturday.

Members of the “Make America Healthy Again” movement — a separate but overlapping wing of the MAGA movement that fully fused with President Donald Trump’s coalition in 2024 — have been working hard to take Cassidy down and install Trump-backed Rep. Julia Letlow as the Republican nominee for the Senate in deep-red Louisiana.