Sen. Bill Cassidy deserves a spot in the Self-Abasement Hall of Fame

I thought he couldn't go any lower, but he found a way.

After a year of self-inflicted public humiliation, I thought U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy had finally absorbed a lesson many of us learned long ago: You cannot recover your self-respect by surrendering more of it to Donald Trump.

I assumed he had reached rock bottom in 2025, having prostrated himself before Trump in nearly every way imaginable. Surely there was nowhere left to go.

In the annals of political self-abasement, Cassidy already deserves a place in the Hall of Fame. There’s no need to repeat the full catalogue of indignities—his bizarre, cringing campaign to win back Trump’s favor. If you’ve somehow missed it, you can catch up here.

But I’m here to report that Bill found a way to go lower.

Lying flat on the cold basement floor of self-humiliation, Cassidy apparently paused to reassess. A less determined politician might have thought, Maybe it’s time to stand up for myself. Maybe it’s time to reclaim a shred of dignity. After all, look how Trump repaid my loyalty—by jilting me for Julia Letlow.

But Bill is made of sturdier stuff than that. He wasn’t about to take the easy way out by growing a spine.

Instead, he reached for a jackhammer and began digging a sub-basement.

And, glory be, he broke through.

After Trump posted a vile video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes, a number of Republicans condemned it. Some even called for an apology.

But not Cassidy.

Still clinging to the delusion that there is a path back into MAGA’s good graces, Cassidy posted this on Facebook:

“Thank you to President Trump for taking down the post about the Obamas. He made significant inroads with his outreach in the African American community which we need to continue. His post sent the wrong message despite how it may have been originally intended.”

Cassidy didn’t denounce the racism.

He didn’t demand an apology.

He didn’t urge Trump to make amends.

Instead, he congratulated Trump for doing the absolute minimum: deleting a post.

That’s not leadership. It’s praising with (very) faint damnation.

And it may be the most pathetic moment yet in Bill Cassidy’s increasingly pathetic Senate career.

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