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Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.), a member of the infamous « Squad » and a nauseating antisemite, was defeated in her primary to run in the safe Democratic First Congressional District, which encompasses the city of St. Louis and St. Louis County.
Bush lost to St. Louis County prosecutor Wesley Bell after pro-Israel groups poured millions of dollars into Bell’s campaign to defeat her and her radical antisemitism was exposed during the Israel-Hamas war.
« The Many have spoken! » the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) 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! »
Bush becomes the second Squad member to bite the dust. Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.), another radical antisemite, lost in his primary after AIPAC’s United Democracy Project spent $15 million to help oust him.
A third Squad member, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), is locked in a tight primary race with Minneapolis City Council member Don Samuels, who came within two percentage points of taking her down in 2022. That vote will be held on August 13.
For Bush, her mouth was writing checks her campaign couldn’t cash. She claimed that Israel was engaged in « ethnic cleansing » in Gaza. If true, Israel was doing an extraordinarily bad job of it. There were 2.3 million Gazans, and only a tiny fraction of them were killed by Israel trying to get at Hamas fighters who were hiding behind them.
