On Tuesday, Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) became the second member of the radical leftist “Squad” to lose to a primary challenger.
At 9 p.m. local time, Decision Desk HQ officially called the race for Bush’s challenger, St. Louis County prosecuting attorney Wesley Bell. At that time, a little over 40% of the vote had been counted and Bell was leading Bush by a double-digit margin.
Decision Desk HQ projects Wesley Bell wins the Democratic primary for US House in Missouri's 1st Congressional District. #DecisionMade: 10:07pm ET
Follow live results here: https://t.co/R4bJ6cPREe pic.twitter.com/Ikmo4vY6BU
— Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ) August 7, 2024
This outcome was predicted in the polls leading up to the primary, which showed that Bell was pulling into the lead.
New poll shows Wesley Bell pulling ahead of SQUAD Member Cori Bush | https://t.co/qCxPrBSdLA https://t.co/okwAJxklWg
— Noble Road (@noble_road) August 5, 2024
Bush has only been in office since 2021 after narrowly beating incumbent Rep. William “Lacy” Clay Jr. (D-MO) in the Democrat primary by just under three percentage points. She became a political figure in the wake of the Ferguson riots, which she participated in, and was a major proponent of the leftist lies about the Michael Brown shooting. This activism propelled her into the spotlight, and she continued using those lies to push radical anti-police narratives and Black Lives Matter (BLM) activism while in Congress.
The Democrat congresswoman was recently embroiled in a scandal that may have had an impact on her reelection bid, as she was found to be funneling thousands of campaign dollars to her husband for “security” — while at the same time advocating for taking away police resources from average Americans.
However, Bush was one of the lesser-known members of the so-called “Squad,” which included Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Jamaal Bowman (D-NY). Ocasio-Cortez won her primary earlier this year, while Tlaib ran unopposed in her primary. Bowman, who was caught pulling a fire alarm in Congress allegedly to stall a vote, was ousted in his primary. Omar’s primary is scheduled to take place on August 13, and some have speculated that she will follow Bowman and Bush to unemployment.
Cori Bush LOST her primary!
First Jamaal Bowman, now Cori.
NEXT UP: Ilhan Omar
The squad are too radical even for Democrats. pic.twitter.com/ofANoo8xlG
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 7, 2024
Meanwhile, several members of the radical anti-Israel “Squad” have blamed AIPAC — a pro-Israel lobbying group — for Bowman and Bush’s losses, rather than acknowledging that their scandals and radical leftist policies could have turned voters off.
Bush made threats against AIPAC during a speech after losing, where she stated that her loss had only served to “radicalize” her.
“Pulling me away from my position as Congresswoman, all you did was take some of the strings off,” she began.
Bush then shouted, “Let’s be clear,” multiple times before adding: “Let’s talk about what it really is. Because see now I don’t have to worry about some strings that I have attached that as much as I love my job but all they did was radicalize me, so now they need to be afraid.”
“See, now they about to see this other Cori, this other side, because let me say this: I just grew up a whole lot more over the last few weeks, I just grew up a whole different way, and so what they are about to get,” she shouted.
“AIPAC, I’m coming to tear your kingdom down,” Bush yelled.
Squad Democrat Cori Bush came completely unglued after she lost yesterday's primary: "All they did was radicalize me, so now they need to be afraid!" pic.twitter.com/9fPx6ORkod
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) August 7, 2024
