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Rep. Cori Bush Compares Her Fear During Capitol Riot To Being Attacked By Police, White Supremacists

Jon Brown
Rep. Cori Bush Compares Her Fear During Capitol Riot To Being Attacked By Police, White Supremacists
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Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) took to the House floor Thursday to claim the fear she felt during the Capitol riot brought back traumatic memories of when white supremacists and police would attack her and other African-Americans in her native St. Louis, Missouri.

Speaking during a special order hour that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) organized, Bush joined several other Democratic members of Congress to reflect on the unrest of Jan. 6.

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