U.S. Senator BILL CASSIDY (courtesy of Office of U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy)
Without ever having to face Louisiana voters ever again, Senator Bill Cassidy seems to have suddenly found his voice to criticize President Trump. Cassidy says spending a billion dollars of taxpayer money on a ballroom where the East Wing of the White House used to be is ridiculous.
“I think this is a spit in the eye insult to all my taxpayers in Louisiana, to spend a billion on a ballroom when we should be doing something about the high price of gas, groceries and healthcare,” Cassidy said.
Cassidy also slammed the deal Trump reached with the Justice Department, in which he dismissed his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS in exchange for establishing a $1.776 billion anti-weaponization fund. Part of that taxpayer money could go to people who stormed the Capitol on January 6th, 2021.
“It’s as if somebody sued themselves, agreed upon a settlement with themselves, and that’s going to be funded by the rest of us. There’s no legal precedent for this,” Cassidy noted.
Cassidy says he would expect a great deal of backlash from the American people over this development.
“If we say we’re going to put $1.7 billion because people sued themselves and they settle with themselves, but we got the bill? I can tell ya, the voter doesn’t like that. Or if they like it, maybe they’re in on it,” Cassidy said.
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