WATCH: RINO Senator Once Again Refuses To Endorse Trump

Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) refused to endorse former President Donald Trump during an appearance on Meet The Press Sunday.

Host Kristen Welker began by asking Cassidy about the latest media hoax emerging from the former president’s Ohio rally. Trump stated that another term for Joe Biden would lead to a “bloodbath” for the auto industry, though partisan media outlets and left-wing politicians have taken the former president’s words out of context and have accused him of promoting violence.

“The general tone of the speech is why many Americans continue to wonder should President Trump be president. That kind of rhetoric, it’s always on the edge, maybe doesn’t cross, maybe does, depending upon your perspective,” Cassidy said, adding that the mainstream media is also responsible. “I also think, though, that the mainstream media contributes to it. If you take the one about the bloodbath, which arguably could be about an economic bloodbath, not about kind of street violence related to the election, then it gives his defenders something to focus on as something which was distorted,” he continued.

“So, yes, he always walks up to the edge on that rhetoric. And again, that’s why people are concerned.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Cassidy was asked about former Vice President Mike Pence’s refusal to endorse his former boss. Like Pence, the senator also refused to commit to supporting the former president in November.

“At this point, all I will say is that I plan to vote for a Republican for the presidency of the United States,” Cassidy said. When pressed on whether he intends to vote for Trump specifically, the red state senator once again dodged the question, stating that he will be voting for “a Republican.”

Outgoing Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) has also refused to endorse the former president, stating that he is open to voting for Joe Biden instead.

“I’d be happy to support virtually any one of the Republicans, maybe not Vivek, but the others that are running would be acceptable to me and I’d be happy to vote for them. I’d be happy to vote for a number of the Democrats too. I mean, it would be an upgrade from, in my opinion, from Donald Trump and perhaps also from Joe Biden,” Romney told CBS last year.

Despite refusals from Romney, Cassidy and a handful of others, Trump has picked up endorsements from a number of his critics in the Republican Party. This includes Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).