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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Wed Jun 24, 2026, 08:56 PM Wednesday

Trump has testy meeting with GOP senators, telling Cassidy to sit down [View all]

Source: CBS News

President Trump's meeting with Republican senators on Wednesday turned testy, and at one point, he sternly told Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy to sit down, after questions arose about the War Powers Resolution, according to sources directly familiar with the meeting.

Cassidy had been trying to respond to the president, telling the president he should sit down — but Cassidy later relented, saying he would be seated, but not at Mr. Trump's behest.

"He raised his voice. I lost my temper. That's not appropriate. It's the Irish in me, but I again matched his tone and his volume," Cassidy told reporters after the meeting.

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"I make no apologies for standing up to the president," Cassidy said. "I am sticking up for the American people, even if I'm speaking to the president."

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-testy-meeting-gop-senators-201019052.html



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