Rep. Cori Bush (D) lost her primary in Missouri on Tuesday in the latest blow to the progressive “squad” on Capitol Hill, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ.
Bush’s loss to St.
Louis Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell in the 1st Congressional District’s Democratic primary makes her the second member of the group to lose reelection after Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) earlier this year.
The racial justice activist’s failure to secure a third House term came after her race received outsized attention for the amount of money that poured in. 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.
Ahead of Election Day, Bush’s allies and campaign organizers worried that the amount of cash would be too great for Bush to overcome, prompting an intraparty debate over how grassroots organizing should be handled.
Some predicted that a high-profile loss for Bush would make candidates and strategists rethink the playbooks they’ve been using against well-funded opponents.
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@Pr0porti0nalBradyGreen2yrs2Y
Cori Bush will be remembered by millions of people as a hero for using her political capital to advance a people’s agenda instead of her own career. And Wesley Bell will be remembered as the guy who took the deal from AIPAC.
Just like she used 70k on private security while defunding the police?
@Pr0porti0nalBradyGreen2yrs2Y
When and where was the police defunded?
@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
Do you think the defeat of progressive candidates like Cori Bush signals a shift in what voters are looking for, or does it reflect other factors at play?
AIPAC buys another seat in Congress, spending $14 million to oust Rep. Bush after she authored the House ceasefire resolution.
Wesley Bell is corruption personified.
@L1b3rtyChuckLibertarian2yrs2Y
If Russia or China formed PACs solely dedicated to buying members of Congress that will cater to their respective interests, there would be a bill banning the practice up for a vote tomorrow
Don’t let the emotions of the presidential race distract you from the fact that Cori Bush is getting boat raced in her primary and the squad will soon be down two members.
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