Another one bites the dust…
Missouri Congresswoman Cori Bush (D) lost her primary election Tuesday night, shrinking the progressive “Squad” further after Rep. Jamaal Bowman’s recent loss.
Bush lost to pro-Israel St. Louis Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell in the 1st Congressional District.
“The Many have spoken!” the American Israel Public Affairs Committee posted on X after the race was called for Bell. “Congratulations to pro-Israel progressive leader @bell4mo on your big win against anti-Israel Squad member Rep. Cori Bush!”
Pro-Israel special interest groups spent the most on the race, with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and the United Democracy Project (UDP), AIPAC’s super PAC, dropping some $9 million to defeat Bush, who has been critical of Israel’s war against the terrorist organization Hamas.
“AIPAC and our 4.5 million grassroots members are proud to stand with Wesley Bell!” the group said. “Being pro-Israel is good policy and good politics!”
Bush called out AIPAC in her concession speech. “All they did is radicalize me, so they need to be afraid,” she said.
“AIPAC, I’m coming to tear your kingdom down,” Bush declared. “And let me put all of these corporations on notice, I’m coming after you too!”
Bush’s defeat was widely celebrated by conservatives online.
“Congresswoman Cori Bush becomes the second squad member to lose a primary this election cycle. She and Jamaal Bowman are free to join Hamas together,” OutKick founder Clay Travis posted on X.
“NEXT UP: Ilhan Omar,” said Chaya Raichik, who runs the popular Libs of TikTok account on X. “The squad are too radical even for Democrats.”
Brianna Wu, a former congressional candidate and founder of the progressive Rebellion PAC, offered a more nuanced take on Bush’s loss.
“Cori Bush lost tonight because she didn’t take her district seriously, and because she became the national poster child for the most braindead progressive ideas like defund the police,” said Wu.
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Since I’m a resident of her district, this is the best news from the primaries.
Could not happen to someone more worthy of it. Bush can now head to somewhere else to peddle her line of crap. So glad to hear she is out of a job. Maybe the NAACP can find a place for her to hang out and do nothing.