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After losing Senate seat, Cassidy answers whether he regrets voting to impeach Trump

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., defended his decision to vote to convict President Donald Trump during his second impeachment trial five years ago, even after losing his Senate seat to a Trump-backed opponent this week.Cassidy said he considers it a "privilege" to have been able to vote to uphold the Constitution. Cassidy lost the state's Republican primary to Rep. Julia Letlow, R-La., whom Trump abruptly endorsed and encouraged to run against Cassidy in January."I voted to uphold the Constitution. It may have cost me my seat, but who cares?" Cassidy told reporters at the Capitol on Monday. "I had t...