Radical House Democrat Cori Bush has reportedly spent $490 thousand on private security over the past two years despite her repeated push to defund the police.
Bush’s campaign paid out over $100,000 for security services during the third quarter of 2022 alone, according to Federal Election Commission records. Just over $71,000 went to private security, while the other $30,000 was categorized for other security services. She has spent $490,000 overall, according to The Washington Examiner.
“The thing about ‘defund the police’ is we have to tell the entire narrative,” Bush said in an interview on Good Morning America. “People hear ‘defund the police.’ But you know what they’ll say? Say ‘reallocate,’ say ‘divest,’ say ‘move.’ But it’s still the same thing. We can’t get caught up on the word. People spend more time focusing on the word ‘defund’ than they spend on caring and addressing the problem of police in this country.”
Bush previously pushed back on comments against her high expenditure on security last year after Fox News noted that the congresswoman was paying for private security. The security was because people had made death threats against her in the past, Bush said.
“They would rather I die?” Bush asked CBS News in 2021. “You would rather me die? Is that what you want to see? You want to see me die? You know, because that could be the alternative.”
Bush, along with other progressive “Squad” members, have doled out some serious cash for private security services despite publicly crying out against the funding of police.
Other Squad members have also paid thousands of dollars for private security despite pushes to defund the police. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-MN) campaign paid $27,081.14 to Relative Intel LLC, a Minnesota-based personal-protection firm. Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) spent $4,676 on private security, and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) spent $2,230, according to Fox News.
This security detail for the squad is paid for out of our tax dollars. And they have nerve to say: Defund the Police.
They are a bunch of dishonest creeps. We shouldn’t be paying for them Period.
Just wondering. If the salary for U.S. representave is $174,000, where did the rest of that money come from?
She is including the entire Squad, garbage.Wait until Nov. and most of these poor excuses for humans will be gone.
She’s an excellent example of a radical left wing politician. No politician in this country should be able to spend that kind of taxpayer money without some kind of oversight. She’s nothing but one more angry radical left wing black woman that still thinks this country owes her something. People like her prove everyday just how bad Lincoln screwed this country with his bleeding heart proclamation.
This hypocrite and all like her should be exposed for what they are, useless “N’s”
It’s typically Left thinking that they deserve whatever they feel is right for themselves, however, different rules apply for the rest of the population. Apparently, all those small business owners, the elderly, the Jews and the Asians who are attacked in this Leftist run country don’t deserve police protection because they are all “racists”. However, just look at the hundreds of videos of who has and who is committing those crimes. You might get a different answer as to who the real racists are.
I never see flash mobs of White or Asian kids looting…………………….
They need to be VOTED OUT TAXPAYERS CUS THEY ARE SQUANDERING your taxpayer dollars and yet DEFUNDING YOUR POLICE. PLEASE GET SMART AND VOTE THEM OUT.