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5 min readSenate Tensions, Iran War Diplomacy, and a Leftward Shift in New York
Louisiana Republican Senator Bill Cassidy said President Trump attempted to bully him during a closed-door meeting with Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill today. Cassidy told NPR's Eric McDaniel the confrontation happened after Trump became frustrated about a resolution passed by Congress yesterday that calls on the president to remove U.S. forces from the Iran War. Trump recently backed a successful primary challenge against Cassidy, and as a lame duck, Cassidy has been less restrained in his criticism of the war. Cassidy said he asked a question about whether the war was going as well as the administration claims: "It's not going as well as we're being told. At which point, I think the president said something negative about me. I proceeded as attempting to bully me from asking a question that I think the American people need to know, and I'm not gonna be bullied when I feel like I'm asking a question the American people need to know. And so at that point, it began to escalate."
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