(BPR) U.S. Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) did not gracefully accept defeat in her re-election primary on Tuesday.
Instead, the left-wing member of the “Squad” railed against a pro-Israel PAC that had helped fund her opponent, St. Louis County District Attorney Wesley Bell. In the tight Missouri race, Bush proved to be a sore loser when she became the second “Squad” member to be defeated, following Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) losing his re-election bid last month.
Following her loss, Bush spit fire as she claimed that leaving Congress only “takes some strings off” and frees her up to do more.
“Because now, there are some strings that I have attached. And as much as I love my job, all they did was radicalize me, and now they should be afraid,” she said.
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“They’re about to see this other Cori, this other side,” warned the outspoken critic of Israel’s war in Gaza. “There is nothing that happens in my life that happens in vain. So, this happened because it was meant to happen. And let me say, it’s because of the work that I need to do.”
“And let me say this: AIPAC, I’m coming to tear your kingdom down!” the two-term lawmaker vowed as the crowd cheered.
In announcing his campaign, Bell had criticized Bush for comments that he said showed “a lack of understanding of the nuance and complexities of an issue that’s literally hundreds of years in the making.”
Leftwing news outlet Sludge claimed almost “two-thirds of the Bell campaign’s funding” was raised by AIPAC. with its super PAC, United Democracy Project reportedly spending more than $7 million to oust Bush.
Here’s the reaction to ‘Squad’ member Cori Bush being flushed by Democrat voters https://t.co/tax6aJGPsR via @BIZPACReview
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