Mid-Day Update: May 18, 2026
The Great America Show
Fawcett Strategies
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🗓️ 18 May 2026
⏱️ 5 minutes
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John brings you the biggest news items of the day, including the defeat of Senator Bill Cassidy in the Louisiana GOP Senate primary, ongoing investigations into the 2020 election irregularities and the Republican National Committee's legal strategies ahead of the 2026 midterms.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everybody. I'm John Fawc with this Great America Show Midday Update for Monday, May 18th. Happy Monday, folks. I hope you all had a great weekend, and your weeks are off to a great start. Some great news happening over the weekend. Senator Bill Cassidy, who's a total rhino, soon to be outgoing senator, lost his seat. Key victory for President Trump and for the America First Movement. |
| 0:22.6 | Representative Julia Letlow, a Trump-back candidate and state treasurer John Fleming, |
| 0:26.8 | advanced to a runoff in the Louisiana GOP Senate primary on Saturday with Cassidy finishing |
| 0:32.1 | in third place. A remarkable turnout for truth, justice, and the American way, and America |
| 0:37.1 | First, more importantly, a remarkable result, nonetheless. |
| 0:40.9 | Cassidy is the first previously elected senator of either party to lose in a primary since 2012. |
| 0:46.7 | The two-term senator and chair of the powerful Senate Health, Education, Labor Pensions Committee, |
| 0:51.7 | failed to even make the runoff, finishing roughly a quarter of the vote. |
| 0:56.7 | Both Letto and Fleming benefit from the Maga Voter's frustration with Cassidy for its 2021 vote |
| 1:01.3 | to convict President Trump on impeachment charges related to the January 6th, quote-unquote, |
| 1:06.2 | insurrection, and for skepticism of Trump's decision to nominate RFK Jr. as HHS secretary. |
| 1:13.1 | Sorry, Mr. Cassidy. Better luck next time. Cassidy had this to say in his concession speech |
| 1:19.6 | as he tries to take a jab at President Trump over the stolen 2020 election. Take a listen. |
| 1:24.8 | You know, I've had the privilege of representing the state of Louisiana for 12 years. |
| 1:29.7 | I've been able to participate in democracy. |
| 1:32.5 | And when you participate in democracy, sometimes it doesn't turn out the way you wanted to. |
| 1:38.8 | But you don't pout, you don't whine, you don't claim that election was stolen. You don't find a reason why... |
| 1:47.0 | You don't manufacture some excuse. You thank the voters for the privilege of representing the state or the country for as long as you've had that privilege. |
| 2:00.0 | And so long to the loser Cassidy, who truly won't be missed. |
| 2:05.3 | Now, speaking of the 2020 election, which was clearly stolen, which Cassidy, I don't know, |
| 2:11.4 | may have disagreed on. |
| 2:13.0 | But like I said, it's a benefit that he's soon to be outgoing senator. But speaking of that |
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