Representative Cori Bush (D-MO), a far-left member of ‘The Squad‘ in Congress, was defeated in last night’s Democratic Party primary in Missouri. Bush, running for a third term representing Missouri’s heavily Democratic 1st Congressional District, was defeated by the more moderate St. Louis County prosecutor Wesley Bell.
Bell received significant backing from pro-Israel groups, like AIPAC, who made Bush’s ouster a priority this election cycle. Earlier this year, AIPAC spent heavily against Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), who—like Bush—had helped stoke anti-Semitic college campus protests over Irsael’s ongoing war in Gaza against the Hamas terrorist group.
With nearly 100 percent of the votes counted, Bell is well ahead of Bush with 51.2 percent of the vote. The far-left Squad member, meanwhile, sits at 45.6 percent. While AIPAC’s $8.5 million ad spend in the district against Bush played a significant role in her defeat, political dynamics in the district hamstrung the far-left Missouri Democrat as well.
The National Pulse reported in January that Bush is under federal investigation for misusing taxpayer money for personal security. According to public details surrounding the inquiry, the Department of Justice (DOJ) believes Bush and her husband, Cortney Merritts, used his private security company to essentially launder public money for personal use.
Since taking office in 2020, Bush has used government funds allotted to Congressional offices to spend prodigiously on security services. In her first three months in office, she spent over $32,000 on security. Her publicly funded ‘private’ security was further supplemented with campaign funds as well.
