The husband of former far-left Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) was hit with federal charges this week alleging that he committed wire fraud related to the pandemic-era Paycheck Protection and Economic Injury Disaster Loan programs.
Cortney Merritts, 46, faces two counts of wire fraud for allegedly filing bogus applications in 2020 and 2021 with the United States Small Business Administration.
The indictment alleges that he obtained nearly $21,000 from the programs for his own benefit and enjoyment by lying on the applications about a company that he owned, including how many employees he had and the amount of revenue the company generated.
The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/03/20/cori-bush-busband-indicted-covid-fraud/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that while the indictment was signed by United States Attorney Ed Martin, President Donald Trump&#8217;s nominee to serve as permanent top prosecutor in D.C., the investigation was launched during the Biden administration.
Federal prosecutors ordered that he immediately forfeit to the United States any property connected to the alleged crime.
Merritts&#8217; attorney Justin Gelfand responded to the allegations: “We look forward to litigating this case in the courtroom.”
Bush was under federal criminal investigation last year over allegations that she misspent funds meant for personal security when she paid Merritts tens of thousands of campaign dollars to be her security guard.
The current status of the investigation is not known. No charges have been filed and she has not been formally accused of any criminal wrongdoing.
Bush represented her St. Louis-area district since 2021 after she toppled Rep. Lacy Clay (D-MO) in the 2020 primary, and over the years, she has faced scrutiny over payments for private security despite her calls to defund the police.
Her campaign has spent more than $750,000 on security services since 2019, according to federal election data. The congresswoman has previously said she was doling out money for protection because of attempts on her life.
She lost her seat in 2024 when she lost her primary to then-St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell, a more moderate Democrat.

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Galvanized by Rep. Cori Bush’s (D-MO) primary defeat, Minnesota Republicans are mounting an eleventh-hour campaign to make Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) the latest “Squad” member to lose her job.
Minnesota voters will decide Omar’s fate in Tuesday’s primary, in which she will face off against three Democratic challengers. Minnesota allows voters to participate in the primary of their choice, regardless of party affiliation. Since Republican candidate Dalia Al-Aqidi is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fight-between-good-and-evil-muslim-journalist-running-against-ilhan-omar-says-shes-taking-a-stand-for-israel">running unopposed</a>, there is a push for Minnesota Republicans to vote for one of Omar’s challengers.
The last-minute push—word of which is <a href="https://x.com/StopAntisemites/status/1821362204144279835">largely</a> <a href="https://x.com/MarinaMedvin/status/1821315707302269111">being</a> <a href="https://x.com/iamBrianBJ/status/1821027997341605973">spread</a> on X—comes after two of Omar’s fellow Squad members had significant upsets in their Democratic primaries this year. Bush lost her primary last week, and Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) lost in June. Bush and Bowman’s increasingly anti-Israel rhetoric is widely seen to have alienated voters.
Don Samuels, who came within 2,500 votes of <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Minnesota%27s_5th_Congressional_District_election,_2022">defeating</a> Omar in 2022, is once again her top challenger.
Before running for Congress, Samuels was a Minneapolis City Councilman and Minneapolis School Board member. The Jamaican-born Samuels holds more pro-Israel views than Omar, who has faced criticism for her anti-Semitic and anti-Israel rhetoric since assuming office in 2019. Omar has been embroiled in controversy for ramping up that rhetoric in the wake of  Hamas’s  October 7 massacre of over 1,000 Israelis.
In April, Samuels attacked Omar for voting against bipartisan legislation aimed at curbing Iran, which had near-unanimous support from Democrats.
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Congress passed numerous bills to confront Iran this week after its unprecedented attack on Israel. This legislation was bipartisan and received near-unanimous support from Democrats. My opponent, Rep. Ilhan Omar, was one of only three Democrats to vote against every bill. <a href="https://t.co/8moBlzpTHB">pic.twitter.com/8moBlzpTHB</a>
— Don Samuels (@DonSamuelsMN) <a href="https://twitter.com/DonSamuelsMN/status/1781300929150492920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 19, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Samuels echoes mainstream Democratic positions on Israel and the Gaza War. On <a href="https://www.donsamuels.com/issues/middle-east/">his website</a>, he calls for Hamas to return hostages and lose its governing power in Gaza, but also for Israel to halt construction of new settlements and work towards a two-state solution.
Hoping to put a wider margin between herself and Samuels, Omar has boosted her fundraising efforts, reporting approximately $6.2 million in her pre-primary financial disclosure, according to <a href="https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-primary-senate-house-omar-ccc166cf0b9c42fb9dbb98ba0d35c258">the Associated Press</a>. Samuels has raised around $1.4 million. 
Bush and Bowman attribute their losses to the United Democracy Project, a super PAC affiliated with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) which spent at least <a href="https://forward.com/fast-forward/641967/ilhan-omar-cori-bush-aipac-israel/">$24 million</a> to oust them.
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A disgruntled Bush attacked the groups in her concession speech, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/they-need-to-be-afraid-cori-bush-responds-to-primary-ouster-by-threatening-pro-israel-group">saying</a> “AIPAC, I’m coming to tear your kingdom down.”
The United Democracy Project has not gotten involved in Omar’s race. In a Wednesday interview with the Forward, Samuels said he thinks AIPAC  is “missing an opportunity.&#8221;
A <a href="https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/house/2024/minnesota/5/">July poll</a> shows Omar leading Samuels by 27 points. An internal poll released by the Samuels campaign showed him slightly trailing Omar with over 20 percent of voters still undecided.
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Congress passed numerous bills to confront Iran this week after its unprecedented attack on Israel. This legislation was bipartisan and received near-unanimous support from Democrats. My opponent, Rep. Ilhan Omar, was one of only three Democrats to vote against every bill. <a href="https://t.co/8moBlzpTHB">pic.twitter.com/8moBlzpTHB</a>
— Don Samuels (@DonSamuelsMN) <a href="https://twitter.com/DonSamuelsMN/status/1781300929150492920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 19, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/another-squad-member-ousted-from-congress-missouris-cori-bush-loses-primary" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cori Bush</a> (D-MO) responded to her primary ouster on Tuesday with a wild rant threatening the pro-Israel group AIPAC: &#8220;All they did was radicalize me, so now they need to be afraid. They about to see this other Cori, this other side &#8230; AIPAC, I&#8217;m coming to tear your kingdom down.&#8221;
Mark Maxwell, political editor at St. Louis NBC News affiliate KSDK, shared Bush&#8217;s response to her loss in a series of videos posted to X.
&#8220;Pulling me away from my position as Congresswoman, all you did was take some of the strings off,&#8221; she began. She then shouted, &#8220;Let&#8217;s be clear,&#8221; several times before adding, &#8220;Let&#8217;s talk about what it really is. Because see now I don&#8217;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.&#8221;
&#8220;See, now they about to see this other Cori, this other side, because let me say this: I just grew up a whole lot more over the last few weeks, I just grew up a whole different way, and so what they are about to get,&#8221; she shouted, claiming that being ousted from Congress could only have happened because she had more important work to do outside the constraints of elected office. &#8220;AIPAC, I&#8217;m coming to tear your kingdom down.&#8221;
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Cori Bush defiant in defeat: &#8220;All they did was radicalize me, so now they need to be afraid.&#8221;
&#8220;They about to see this other Cori, this other side,&#8221; she said. &#8220;AIPAC, I&#8217;m coming to tear your kingdom down.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/690T0aEhmZ">pic.twitter.com/690T0aEhmZ</a>
— Mark Maxwell (@MarkMaxwellTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkMaxwellTV/status/1821058228953763891?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;And let me put all of these corporations on notice: I&#8217;m coming after you too. But I&#8217;m not coming by myself. I&#8217;m coming with all the people that&#8217;s in here, that&#8217;s doing the work,&#8221; Bush continued. &#8220;What you didn&#8217;t want to do was allow me to get radicalized even more, because this is the thing: I ain&#8217;t scared. I don&#8217;t fear you! I don&#8217;t fear you!&#8221;
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She went on to say that Wesley Bell&#8217;s campaign only succeeded against her because of the money spent to oust her — largely after she vocally supported the anti-Israel protesters who harassed Jewish students and disrupted classes and graduation ceremonies on college campuses across the nation.
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Cori Bush hits at Wesley Bell for a looming civil trial, then sort of walks it back. &#8220;We need to build the community back, because what just happened helped to rip our community apart.&#8221; She prods him to do his &#8220;homework&#8221; about Palestinian and Arab and Muslim communities. <a href="https://t.co/tN8vSdobSa">pic.twitter.com/tN8vSdobSa</a>
— Mark Maxwell (@MarkMaxwellTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkMaxwellTV/status/1821058233328390309?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Bush concluded by aiming a personal attack at Bell, currently serving as St. Louis County prosecuting attorney, alluding to an ongoing sex discrimination suit filed against his office. &#8220;The new member of Congress who will be taking over in January, you know, right before his trial starts &#8230; I&#8217;m sorry,&#8221; she said.
&#8220;We need to build the community back, because what just happened helped to rip our community apart,&#8221; she continued.
Bush got her start as an activist in Ferguson after the shooting death of Michael Brown by police officer Darren Wilson, and has since used debunked claims about Brown to elevate herself and push for radical policies like &#8220;defund the police.&#8221; She toppled incumbent Rep. William &#8220;Lacy&#8221; Clay Jr. (D-MO) in 2020, but lost to Bell in Tuesday&#8217;s Democratic primary 51.2-45.6.
The soon-to-be-former Missouri Congresswoman has repeatedly blamed AIPAC for her plummeting poll numbers, after the organization <a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/08/04/cori-bush-wesley-bell-aipac-negative-ads" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dumped $9 million</a> into ads supporting Bell in his efforts to oust her. Fellow &#8220;Squad&#8221; member Jamaal Bowman — who also sided with anti-Israel protesters in the wake of last year&#8217;s October 7 massacre — was ousted in similar fashion earlier this summer, and has also blamed AIPAC for his political demise.
Bush is also under investigation for money paid out to her security-guard-turned-husband, especially as she retains expensive private security while calling for fewer police protections for her own constituents.

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‘They Need To Be Afraid!’: Cori Bush Responds To Primary Ouster By Threatening Pro-Israel Group

'They Need To Be Afraid!': Cori Bush Responds To Primary Ouster By Threatening Pro-Israel Group

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Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/cori-bush" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cori Bush</a> (D-MO) on Tuesday became the second member of the far-left anti-Israel &#8220;Squad&#8221; to lose her congressional seat to a challenger.
Decision Desk HQ called the race for St. Louis County prosecuting attorney Wesley Bell just after 9 p.m. local time with just over 40% of the vote tallied — at the time, Bell led Bush by double digits, holding 54.9% to Bush&#8217;s 41.8%.
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Decision Desk HQ projects Wesley Bell wins the Democratic primary for US House in Missouri&#8217;s 1st Congressional District. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DecisionMade?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DecisionMade</a>: 10:07pm ET
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Polls indicated going into Tuesday&#8217;s primary that Bush might be in trouble.
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New poll shows Wesley Bell pulling ahead of SQUAD Member Cori Bush | <a href="https://t.co/qCxPrBSdLA">https://t.co/qCxPrBSdLA</a> <a href="https://t.co/okwAJxklWg">https://t.co/okwAJxklWg</a>
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Bush first appeared on the local political scene in the wake of the Ferguson riots — where she was an active participant — and has continued to use lies about <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sitting-members-of-congress-and-more-commemorate-ferguson-police-shooting-by-lying-about-it" target="_blank" rel="noopener">what happened to Michael Brown</a> to push her political agenda. She has represented Missouri&#8217;s 1st Congressional District — which includes St. Louis City and parts of the outlying St. Louis County — since 2021, after unseating William &#8220;Lacy&#8221; Clay Jr. in the 202o election. She has since made a name for herself by quickly aligning with Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), and others on the radical Left.
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In the wake of the October 7th massacre — an unprecedented and unprovoked attack on Israel that was carried out by Hamas terrorists — Bush took the side of the pro-Hamas protesters who blamed Israel for the resulting war and threatened Jewish students on college campuses across the United States.
The Missouri Congresswoman has since been embroiled in controversy over funneling thousands to her husband, while he provides &#8220;security&#8221; for her even as she demands <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cori-defund-the-police-bush-pays-big-money-for-hubbys-security-business" target="_blank" rel="noopener">less police protection for others</a> while <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-cori-bush-reignites-calls-for-defunding-the-police-amid-violent-crime-surge">violent crime surges</a> in her home district.
Bush&#8217;s loss comes on the heels of another primary ouster 1,000 miles away — Rep. Jamaal Bowman, best known for pulling a fire alarm to stop an unfavorable vote from proceeding, lost by double digits after he too voiced support for campus pro-Hamas protesters in the aftermath of October 7th.
Both Bush and Bowman have claimed that, rather than their own radical policies, funding from AIPAC — a pro-Israel group — is the reason their campaigns floundered and ultimately failed.

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Another Squad Member Ousted From Congress: Missouri’s Cori Bush Loses Primary

Another Squad Member Ousted From Congress: Missouri's Cori Bush Loses Primary

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Radical progressive group Justice Democrats blamed House Minority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hakeem-jeffries" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hakeem Jeffries</a> (D-NY) for the blowout loss handed to Squad-aligned Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) in Tuesday&#8217;s primary election — and Jeffries&#8217; spokesperson fired right back.
Bowman, who leaned into the anti-Israel protests after October 7th and was backed by other far-Left members of Congress like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/far-left-democrat-jamaal-bowman-loses-primary-after-becoming-full-scale-anti-semite" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lost to George Latimer</a> by 17 points.
According to New York&#8217;s Democratic Party Chair Jay Jacobs, the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/26/nyregion/jamaal-bowman-squad-left.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reason for Bowman&#8217;s loss</a> was simple: &#8220;The voters in this district, and in other districts across the country, frankly, are just not buying some of the things that these candidates are selling. And now, moderate voters are getting engaged, they’re paying attention and they’re coming to the polls.&#8221;
But Usamah Andrabi, a spokesman for Justice Democrats, told The New York Times that the real problem was Jeffries — in spite of the fact that he had endorsed Bowman ahead of the primary.
&#8220;Jamaal Bowman is a model, not a warning, for what political leadership can look like,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The outcome of this election is a reflection on his leadership and whether Hakeem Jeffries stood up to Republican megadonors.&#8221;
Jeffries&#8217; spokeswoman Christie Stephenson fired right back, arguing that her boss&#8217; tenure would be judged based on whether he delivered a majority in the House in November. &#8220;The so-called Justice Democrats stated back in 2017 that their goal was to destroy the Democratic Party,&#8221; she said, noting that they had even threatened to primary Jeffries. “They have failed miserably in every way. Is anyone surprised?&#8221;
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Bowman is not the only Squad-adjacent Democrat whose House seat is in jeopardy. Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO), who also aligned herself with the anti-Israel protesters in the aftermath of October 7th, is facing a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jamaal-bowman-isnt-the-only-squad-member-on-the-chopping-block" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tough primary challenge</a> from St. Louis prosecuting attorney Wesley Bell.

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Representative Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) got trounced in his primary on Tuesday, but he is not the only &#8220;Squad&#8221; member facing the chopping block this primary season.
Representative Cori Bush (D-MO) is locked in a dead heat with her primary challenger, St. Louis County prosecuting attorney Wesley Bell, ahead of their August 6 election, according to one poll.
Bush, who represents the St. Louis area, is polling at 42%, one point lower than Bell at 43%, <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4740969-cori-bush-challenger-wesley-bell-locked-in-dead-heat-survey/damp/?nxs-test=damp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to polling from The Mellman Group for the organization Democratic Majority for Israel, which endorsed Bell.
This is a significant drop for Bush from January, when the same polling firm found her leading by 16 points.
In the more recent poll, Bell&#8217;s lead is within the margin of error, but some indicators suggest he may have a greater advantage.
He is leading Bush by 10 points among the most consistent primary voters — 49% to Bush&#8217;s 39%, according to the poll.
He also leads Bush in job approval, with 61% saying they approve of Bell&#8217;s job performance compared to just 49% for Bush.
Bell also has an edge in favorability, with 64% of voters viewing him favorably compared to Bush&#8217;s 60%.
In New York on Tuesday night, Bowman lost his Democratic primary to George Latimer, who served as County Executive for Westchester County.
Bowman&#8217;s ousting marked the first election loss for the group of progressive House lawmakers nicknamed the &#8220;Squad,&#8221; which includes Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Bowman&#8217;s primary involved fiery attacks by the two Democrats, with Latimer criticizing Bowman&#8217;s opposition to Israel’s war in Gaza as being out of sync with voters in his district, which includes Westchester County&#8217;s Jewish population.
Meanwhile, Bowman <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/25/politics/george-latimer-jamaal-bowman-new-york-16-primary/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was</a> forced to apologize for telling a group of pro-Palestinian protesters that reports of sexual violence by Hamas were &#8220;propaganda.&#8221;
Latimer also said Bowman, the first black man to represent his district, enjoys “an obvious ethnic benefit.”
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Like Bowman, Bush has been vocal in her criticism of Israel for the war in Gaza and has <a href="https://bush.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-bush-statement-on-st-louis-board-of-aldermens-unanimous-passage-of-resolution-calling-for-ceasefire-in-gaza" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> for a cease-fire.
Meanwhile, Bell&#8217;s campaign website says he believes Israel has the right to defend itself.
&#8220;Israel — the only democracy and strongest American ally in the Middle East — was attacked by terrorists on October 7,&#8221; Bell&#8217;s website <a href="https://www.bell4mo.com/issues/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reads</a>. &#8220;I believe Israel has the right to defend itself and go after those who perpetrated those attacks. In Congress, I’ll fight to make sure the United States remains Israel’s strongest ally.&#8221;
The &#8220;Squad&#8221; members made headlines when they were first elected for ousting members of Congress who had held their seats for a decade or longer.
Bush ousted 10-term incumbent Lacy Clay in 2020 and became the first black woman from Missouri to serve in the House.

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Jamaal Bowman Isn’t The Only ‘Squad’ Member On The Chopping Block

Jamaal Bowman Isn’t The Only 'Squad' Member On The Chopping Block

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Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) claimed in her 2022 book that she once performed a miracle, healing a woman with tumors by laying hands on her and praying over her.
Bush, who defeated incumbent Rep. William &#8220;Lacy&#8221; Clay in 2020 and promptly aligned herself with the far left &#8220;Squad&#8221; — originally Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) — made the claim in her 2022 book, but it went unnoticed until The New York Post&#8217;s Jonathan Levine <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/06/15/us-news/cori-bush-claimed-to-performed-miracles-cured-tumors-in-autobiography/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">published a piece</a> over the weekend.
&#8220;As I learned how to apply God’s Word to my life in new ways, I better understood the power that was already residing in me,&#8221; Bush wrote in &#8216;The Forerunner: A Story of Pain and Perseverance in America.'&#8221;
&#8220;It was there, waiting for me to acknowledge it, to use it. I had the confidence to heal others with God’s power,&#8221; she continued, and went on to give several examples.
&#8220;One woman whom we met had several visible tumors on her torso. She was due to have surgery but lacked health insurance and living in the park. One of the tumors was particularly painful to her. I laid hands on her and prayed, and I felt that my hand was no longer touching a tumor. It shrank along with the others on her body,&#8221; Bush claimed.
She also claimed to have cured a toddler who couldn&#8217;t walk as the result of a brain bleed shortly after birth: &#8220;I carried the child from the prayer room in the back of the church out into the sanctuary &#8230; &#8216;Walk,&#8217; I said gently to the three-year-old girl, &#8216;you will walk.&#8217; And this girl took her first step. Then another, and another. She walked. Her grandmother walked into the sanctuary just in time to see the child take about two dozen steps. She screamed, and then she kept screaming. When she caught her breath, she looked at me in wonder and said &#8216;Praise God.&#8217; She grabbed her granddaughter and walked with her out of the church.&#8221;
According to Levine, Bush&#8217;s miracle claims went largely unnoticed despite her book tour — but PBS&#8217; Margaret Hoover did ask her about them.
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Cori Bush&#8217;s claims of performing miracles and shrinking tumors went almost entirely unnoticed during her 2022 book tour — one person who did ask her about it was <a href="https://twitter.com/MargaretHoover?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MargaretHoover</a> <a href="https://t.co/TDaFocI7Xm">https://t.co/TDaFocI7Xm</a> <a href="https://t.co/oT96BUFhOt">pic.twitter.com/oT96BUFhOt</a>
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The pastor of Bush&#8217;s church claimed to have healed the Congresswoman of COVID in 2021 by praying for her over the phone.

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Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Cori Bush (D-MO) deleted posts on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/memorial-day" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Memorial Day</a> after facing backlash online for not understanding what the day is about.
Bush posted on her official government X account: “This #MemorialDay &amp; every day, we honor our veterans in St. Louis. We must invest in universal health care, affordable housing, comprehensive mental health services, and educational &amp; economic opportunities for our veterans as we work to build a world free of war and violence.”
Omar followed suit, adding just a few minutes later on her government X account: “On #MemorialDay, we honor the heroic men and women who served our country. We owe them more than our gratitude — they have more than earned access to quality mental health services, job opportunities, housing assistance, and the benefits they were promised.”
Memorial Day is observed every year on the last Monday during the month of May to honor U.S. service members who have died while in the U.S. Military.
Veterans Day is observed on November 11 every year, regardless of what day it falls on, and is a day to honor everyone who has served in the U.S. Military and is &#8220;is largely intended to thank LIVING veterans for their service,&#8221; the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs <a href="https://department.va.gov/veterans-day/facts-and-information/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">says</a>.
Both lawmakers faced criticism online for their posts.
Popular conservative commentator AG wrote: &#8220;So do any of the squad members actually know what Memorial Day is about?&#8221;
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So do any of the squad members actually know what Memorial Day is about?
Omar and Bush have now deleted these tweets. <a href="https://t.co/zwYBIaePU3">pic.twitter.com/zwYBIaePU3</a>
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&#8220;Ilhan Omar misunderstanding Memorial Day is incredibly on brand,&#8221; said Town Hall writer John Hasson.
Libs of TikTok added: &#8220;Cori Bush just deleted this tweet where she confused Memorial Day with Veterans Day.&#8221;

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Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/cori-bush" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cori Bush</a> (D-MO) got some serious backlash after she attempted to parlay her personal experience protesting in Ferguson, Missouri, into a defense of the anti-Israel — and often anti-Semitic — protests sweeping across college campuses like Columbia University.
Bush, who has often touted her &#8220;street cred&#8221; as a protester in Ferguson, claimed that she had witnessed firsthand what happened when protests were &#8220;infiltrated&#8221; by people who wanted to make them appear violent and lawless.
&#8220;As a Ferguson activist, I know what it’s like to have agitators infiltrate our movement, manipulate the press, &amp; fuel the suppression of dissent by public officials &amp; law enforcement. We must reject these tactics to silence anti-war activists demanding divestment from genocide,&#8221; she posted via X.
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As a Ferguson activist, I know what it’s like to have agitators infiltrate our movement, manipulate the press, &amp; fuel the suppression of dissent by public officials &amp; law enforcement.
We must reject these tactics to silence anti-war activists demanding divestment from genocide.
&mdash; Cori Bush (@CoriBush) <a href="https://twitter.com/CoriBush/status/1782587802506367041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 23, 2024</a></blockquote>
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But as many critics were quick to point out, the protests in Ferguson were based on a lie — &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-media-is-still-lying-about-michael-brown-9-years-later-heres-why" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hands up, don&#8217;t shoot!</a>&#8221; — claiming that 18-year-old Michael Brown had not been attempting to attack police officer Darren Wilson and take his gun when he was shot and killed.
In the weeks following Brown&#8217;s death, protesters attacked police and burned their own city to the ground — destroying businesses and decimating property values. Despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary — including an assessment made by former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-loony-documentarian-loses-mind-after-hes-frank-camp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Attorney General Eric Holder</a> — many, like Bush, still maintain that Brown was &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sitting-members-of-congress-and-more-commemorate-ferguson-police-shooting-by-lying-about-it" target="_blank" rel="noopener">murdered</a>.&#8221;
&#8220;Thanks for reminding everyone that you supported criminal riots, demanded defunding police so others don’t have protection from the rioting, and then used campaign funds (currently under DoJ investigation) to get security for yourself,&#8221; AG (@aghamilton29) posted.
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Thanks for reminding everyone that you supported criminal riots, demanded defunding police so others don’t have protection from the rioting, and then used campaign funds (currently under DoJ investigation) to get security for yourself. <a href="https://t.co/nlVPZJ3HAp">https://t.co/nlVPZJ3HAp</a>
&mdash; AG (@AGHamilton29) <a href="https://twitter.com/AGHamilton29/status/1782621749919580317?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 23, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Also a great reminder here that Officer Darren Wilson&#8217;s shooting was cleared by AG Eric Holder&#8217;s DOJ and Michael Brown was on recorded video strangling and shoplifting from a local Bodega owner,&#8221; Stephen Miller added.
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Also a great reminder here that Officer Darren Wilson&#39;s shooting was cleared by AG Eric Holder&#39;s DOJ and Michael Brown was on recorded video strangling and shoplifting from a local Bodega owner. <a href="https://t.co/0rbaNZY4cg">https://t.co/0rbaNZY4cg</a>
&mdash; Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) <a href="https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/1782632765516923327?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 23, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;This is conspiratorial nonsense that would crumble under even the most basic questions from journalists. Now ask yourselves why journalists aren&#8217;t pressuring her for details on these claims,&#8221; Miller said in another post.
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This is conspiratorial nonsense that would crumble under even the most basic questions from journalists. 
Now ask yourselves why journalists aren&#39;t pressuring her for details on these claims. Cc <a href="https://twitter.com/MarcACaputo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MarcACaputo</a> <a href="https://t.co/0rbaNZXwmI">https://t.co/0rbaNZXwmI</a>
&mdash; Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) <a href="https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/1782627236698358180?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 23, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;For years they boldly and proudly boasted the violence was not only justified, but necessary for their resistance movement. &#8216;Make people uncomfortable! Get in their faces!!&#8217; Now that it&#8217;s out of their control and is hurting their cause, it&#8217;s, &#8216;No no! Those are INFILTRATORS,'&#8221; said Chad Felix Greene.
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For years they boldly and proudly boasted the violence was not only justified, but necessary for their resistance movement.
&#39;Make people uncomfortable! Get in their faces!!&#39;
Now that it&#39;s out of their control and is hurting their cause, it&#39;s, &#39;No no! Those are INFILTRATORS&#39; <a href="https://t.co/ad3IO3Gnib">https://t.co/ad3IO3Gnib</a>
&mdash; Chad Felix Greene 🇮🇱 (@chadfelixg) <a href="https://twitter.com/chadfelixg/status/1782592614799196544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 23, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Bush&#8217;s defense of the anti-Semitic campus protests mirrored almost exactly the words of Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ilhan-omar-tries-to-defend-columbia-protesters-and-her-daughter-and-it-backfires-immediately" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ilhan Omar</a> — whose daughter was among those arrested at Columbia University for instigating the protests.
&#8220;Throughout history, protests were co-opted and made to look bad so police and public leaders would shut them down. That’s what we are seeing now at Columbia University,” Omar claimed. “The Columbia protesters have made clear their demands and want their school not to be complacent in the ongoing Genocide in Gaza. Public officials and media making this about anything else are inflaming the situation and need to bring calmness and sanity back.&#8221;

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'Conspiratorial Nonsense': Cori Bush Blasted For Using 'Ferguson Activist' Cred To Excuse Anti-Semitic Protests

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A Democratic lawmaker proposed exempting black people from paying taxes as a form of reparations last week.
Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas said on an episode of “The Black Lawyers Podcast” that a celebrity – she could not remember who – inspired her to look at exempting black people from paying taxes, according to the <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/04/10/us-news/democrat-congresswoman-suggests-black-people-be-exempt-from-paying-taxes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Post</a>.
“I don’t know that that’s … necessarily a bad idea,” Crockett remembered thinking when she heard the proposal. “One of the things they propose is black folk not have to pay taxes for a certain amount of time because … that puts money back in your pocket.”
Crockett said that a tax exemption may be a more palatable reparations solution to get behind rather than “actually giving out dollars.” The shortfall is that the proposal would only help those black people who are currently paying taxes.
“If you do the no tax thing, for people that are already, say, struggling and not paying taxes in the first place — ” Crockett said.
Progressive Democrats have backed reparations as a way to pay black Americans for the United States’ history of slavery for years, though the proposal has failed to gain popular support. Even in deep blue California, nearly 60% of voters <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nearly-60-of-california-voters-oppose-cash-reparations-for-slavery-poll">said</a> they opposed such a policy. Just 28% of California voters support it, according to a September poll by the University of California Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies.
Elected Democrats have continued to push the policy, however. In New York, Governor Kathy Hochul in December <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-york-governor-kathy-hochul-signs-bill-creating-task-force-to-consider-race-based-reparations">signed</a> legislation creating a commission to study the issue. The bill set forth a nine-member committee tasked with examining “the institution of slavery” and making “determinations regarding compensation.”
In January, Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) called for reparations in a post on X. Bush said that the United States “owes” the descendants of slaves.
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“Our country owes – OWES – a debt to the descendants of enslaved Black people, not just for slavery, but for what followed, like Black Codes, red lining, Jim Crow, and mass incarceration,” she <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cori-bush-demands-reparations-gets-a-virtual-earful-instead">said</a>. “That’s why I introduced my Reparations NOW resolution. This country has an obligation.”
Aside from its unpopularity with Americans, reparations have faced other hurdles, such as questions over legality and who would qualify for the special treatment. Critics have said that such a policy would be racist against Americans who had nothing to do with the historic racism against black people.

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Texas Democrat Proposes Race-Based Tax Exemption As Reparations

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CNN pundit Scott Jennings provoked the ire of several &#8220;Squad&#8221; members when he referred to Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) as a &#8220;public relations agent for Hamas&#8221; during a recent panel discussion.
Jennings joined a conversation hosted by CNN&#8217;s Abby Phillip — and he responded to Omar&#8217;s promise to vote to re-elect President Joe Biden in 2024 despite any misgivings she might have about his administration&#8217;s continued support for Israel in the war against the terror group Hamas.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/ScottJenningsKY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ScottJenningsKY</a> absolutely shredded Ilhan Omar after her appearance on CNN 🔥🔥<a href="https://twitter.com/abbydphillip?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AbbyDPhillip</a>: “Scott, were you surprised to hear her say pretty clearly she would support President Biden in November? And some of her colleagues, I’m pretty sure, wouldn’t say that today.”… <a href="https://t.co/UrKbBYR9Vu">pic.twitter.com/UrKbBYR9Vu</a>
&mdash; Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href="https://twitter.com/CurtisHouck/status/1767742473843998868?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Phillip began by asking Scott whether he was surprised to hear Omar say she would vote for Biden, adding, &#8220;And some of her colleagues, I’m pretty sure, wouldn’t say that today.&#8221;
&#8220;No, she&#8217;s a Democrat. They&#8217;re gonna vote for Biden. I&#8217;m not surprised about that,&#8221; Jennings replied. &#8220;I am surprised that, in the year of our Lord, 2024, there is a public relations agent for Hamas sitting in the United States Congress.&#8221;
Jennings went on to talk about the fact that Omar — and many others — had called for an immediate ceasefire but had made no mention that Hamas was still holding hostages who were taken from Israel during the October 7 terror attacks that left more than 1200 people dead.
&#8220;The reason Israel is not at that meeting is because Hamas will not provide a list of the living hostages. I didn&#8217;t hear a word – a word of concern for the hostages. Ceasefires – she said – don&#8217;t happen magically,&#8221; Jennings continued. &#8220;Well, you know there was a ceasefire in place on October the 6th. And who broke it on October the 7th? I cannot believe honestly what I heard out of that interview. What I want are for those hostages to come home. I want somebody – somebody out there to show just a little bit of remorse that Hamas broke the ceasefire, raped, and murdered horrifically women all kinds of people. That – that&#8217;s it. How about a little bit of concern for those folks? That&#8217;s what I&#8217;m looking for.&#8221;
Members of the far-left &#8220;Squad&#8221; were quick to run defense for Omar, however, lashing out at Jennings and CNN for allowing his comments to go unchallenged.
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&#8220;Scott Jennings’ comments are reminiscent of the anti-Muslim bigotry we saw in the George Bush post-9/11 era. It is disgusting and must not be normalized. CNN should denounce this hateful, dangerous and blatant Islamophobia immediately,&#8221; Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) complained.
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Scott Jennings’ comments are reminiscent of the anti-Muslim bigotry we saw in the George Bush post-9/11 era.
It is disgusting and must not be normalized. CNN should denounce this hateful, dangerous and blatant Islamophobia immediately. <a href="https://t.co/RVOBTm7u8Z">https://t.co/RVOBTm7u8Z</a>
&mdash; Cori Bush (@CoriBush) <a href="https://twitter.com/CoriBush/status/1768085114389504250?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;How on earth is this kind of blatant Islamophobia so casually accepted without pushback? This is shocking,&#8221; Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) added.
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How on earth is this kind of blatant Islamophobia so casually accepted without pushback? This is shocking. <a href="https://t.co/ENMPOMIGID">https://t.co/ENMPOMIGID</a>
&mdash; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1768114246863253949?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Several others also responded as if speaking from the same script, including Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and <a href="https://twitter.com/JamaalBowmanNY/status/1768268940906483893" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rep. Jamaal Bowman</a> (D-NY).

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CNN Contributor Calls Ilhan Omar A ‘Public Relations Agent For Hamas’

CNN Contributor Calls Ilhan Omar A 'Public Relations Agent For Hamas'

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Two <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/house-democrats" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House Democrats</a> voted against a bill to deny refuge in the United States to noncitizens involved with aiding <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hamas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hamas</a> in carrying out the deadly attack on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Israel</a> on October 7 of last year.
Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Cori Bush (D-MO), who is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/squad-member-cori-bush-faces-doj-criminal-probe-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">facing a criminal inquiry</a> into her expenditures on security services, opposed the <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6679" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act</a>. Both lawmakers are members of the leftist &#8220;Squad&#8221; who have been <a href="https://bush.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswomen-bush-tlaib-on-the-international-court-of-justices-initial-ruling-in-south-africas-genocide-case-against-israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">critical</a> of U.S. support for Israel as it fights Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
One other Democrat, Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-IL), voted &#8220;present.&#8221; The rest of the Democrats who voted, <a href="https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll028.xml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">207 of them</a>, joined with all 215 voting Republicans to pass the measure. Six members did not vote.
The bill, which now heads to the Senate, was <a href="https://mcclintock.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/immigration-legislation-passes-house-judiciary-committee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">introduced</a> by Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA), who said it &#8220;provides that any alien who carried out, participated in, planned, financed, afforded material support to, or otherwise facilitated any of the attacks against Israel initiated by Hamas beginning on October 7, 2023 be inadmissible for citizenship and be ineligible for any relief under immigration law&#8221; such as protection from being deported or asylum in the United States.
Tlaib, who is the sole Palestinian American member of Congress, <a href="https://tlaib.house.gov/posts/tlaib-opposes-hateful-gop-anti-immigrant-bills" target="_blank" rel="noopener">argued</a> the bill is &#8220;unnecessary because it is redundant with already existing federal law. It’s just another GOP messaging bill being used to incite anti-Arab, anti-Palestinian, and anti-Muslim hatred that makes communities like ours unsafe.&#8221;
Ramirez said she voted &#8220;present&#8221; because she is &#8220;done with political games&#8221; after participating in the lengthy Homeland Security Committee meeting that led to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-committee-advances-two-articles-of-impeachment-against-mayorkas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">advancement of</a> two articles charging high crimes and misdemeanors against Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas for his handling of border security.
&#8220;There are ALREADY no immigration benefits for Hamas terrorists,&#8221; she <a href="https://ramirez.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-ramirez-statement-present-vote-hr-6679" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, adding later, &#8220;I could not stomach another bill only introduced to score cheap political points, politicize immigration, and divide our communities. Like the Republican’s sham impeachment, this bill does not meaningfully address border security nor further protect our communities. H.R.6679 is unnecessary. It’s a waste of resources and time. And I’m not playing along.”
Some Republicans posted to X about their vote for the bill after its passage in the House and what it signals about the U.S. stance on the Hamas terrorist attacks.
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&#8220;Anyone who participated in, facilitated, or assisted Hamas in carrying out the October 7th attacks on Israel has no place in the United States,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMarkGreen/status/1752044374521696688" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green (R-TN). &#8220;America will NOT be a sanctuary for terrorists,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/RepBurgessOwens/status/1752835175988277678" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT).
The GOP-led House also <a href="https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202427" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed another bill</a> from McClintock on Wednesday, this one seeking to remove or bar any noncitizen who commits Social Security and ID fraud. That measure garnered less support from Democrats, with 55 voting for it and 155 against it.

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) (R) and Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO)

2 House Dems Vote Against Denying Refuge To Noncitizens Involved With Hamas Attack On Israel

2 House Dems Vote Against Denying Immigration Benefits To Noncitizens Involved With Hamas Attack On Israel

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Rashida Tlaib

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