“Squad” member Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO), was widely mocked on social media Tuesday after losing her bid for a third term and giving an absolutely insane concession speech.
Bush’s congressional reign was thwarted by St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell in the Democratic primary for Missouri’s 1st Congressional District, losing by about 6 points according to the Associated Press.
The pro-Israeli lobbying powerhouse, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), invested around $8.5 million to unseat Bush due to her outspoken criticism of the Gaza conflict.
Bush was one of the first Congress members to call for a ceasefire following Israel’s response to the October 7 attacks by Hamas, which she termed an “ethnic cleansing campaign.”
“All they did was radicalize me!”
Unhinged “Squad” member Cori Bush rants after losing her primary.
After Jamaal Bowman, she’s the second far-Left Progressive to be primaired out of Congress.
Next up: Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar.pic.twitter.com/8SKE4kAl6S
— Rob Smith (@robsmithonline) August 7, 2024
“We can’t be silent about Israel’s ethnic cleansing campaign,” she tweeted last fall. “Babies, dead. Pregnant women, dead. Elderly, dead. Generations of families, dead.”
“Millions of people in Gaza with nowhere to go being slaughtered,” she added. “The U.S. must stop funding these atrocities against Palestinians.”
Fellow Squad member, New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman, was defeated by George Latimer in June.
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
This happened after AIPAC’s Super PAC, United Democracy Project, funneled $15 million into the race to defeat him.
Bush’s defeat spurred cackling conservatives to send her packing from congress with good riddance on social media.
“Cori Bush is HISTORY… and not a moment too soon,” Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) tweeted.
What’s the difference between Cori Bush and me?
I don’t support terrorists and I won my primary.
Thank you CO-04!
— Rep. Lauren Boebert (@RepBoebert) August 7, 2024
She twisted the knife in a follow-up post adding, “What’s the difference between Cori Bush and me? I don’t support terrorists and I won my primary.”
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), quipped that he’d “miss Cori Bush missing every committee meeting.”
Clay Travis, founder of OutKick, posted, “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.”
While Libs of TikTok added, “The squad are too radical even for Democrats.”
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.
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) August 7, 2024
Reacting to her defeat, Bush launched into a fiery tirade against AIPAC, warning, “All they did was radicalize me, so now they need to be afraid. They about to see this other Cori, this other side… AIPAC, I’m coming to tear your kingdom down.”
Bush said that all they managed by pulling her away from Congress was “taking some of the strings off.”
“Let’s be clear,” she yelled more than once, “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.”
She warned that now the country was about to see a different side of her. AIPAC, I’m coming to tear your kingdom down,” Bush threatened.
The far-left congresswoman then directed a message at corporations, saying, “And let me put all of these corporations on notice: I’m coming after you too. But I’m not coming by myself. I’m coming with all the people that’s in here, that’s doing the work.”
She emphasized, “What you didn’t want to do was allow me to get radicalized even more, because this is the thing: I ain’t scared. I don’t fear you! I don’t fear you!”
Bush attributed Bell’s victory to the significant financial backing he received, mainly after she supported anti-Israel protesters who plagued college campuses this year.
She ended her speech with a pointed jab at Bell, referring to an ongoing sex discrimination lawsuit against his office, “The new member of Congress who will be taking over in January, you know, right before his trial starts… I’m sorry.”
A civil suit was filed against Bell by a former prosecutor in his office, who alleged that an unnamed supervisor had a sexual relationship with a subordinate whose name has also been withed. The judge delayed the trial in April.
Bush concluded by asserting, “We need to build the community back, because what just happened helped to rip our community apart.”
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre criticized Bush’s remarks during a press briefing, labeling them “inflammatory and divisive.”
White House condemns Rep. Cori Bush attacking AIPAC after the pro-Israel group spent $9 million to unseat her.
Invokes assassination attempt on Trump, calls Bush’s comments “divisive and incredibly unhelpful.”
A recent anti-Bush AIPAC ad altered her forehead & skin tone. pic.twitter.com/1s306h3y6T
— Prem Thakker (@prem_thakker) August 7, 2024
Jean-Pierre stated that “This kind of rhetoric is inflammatory and divisive and incredibly unhelpful.”
“We’re going to continue to condemn any type of political rhetoric in that way, in that vein,” she continued.
“We cannot have this type of inflammatory, divisive language in our political discourse.”