“We Tried to Stop the Bombings”: Cori Bush On Democrats’ Failures, AIPAC, And More

By Prem Thakker Photos: YouTube Screenshots\Wikimedia Commons There are 435 members in the US House of Representatives, but in two terms, Cori Bush had made more noise than many. In 2020, Bush became the first Black woman to represent Missouri in Congress, upsetting 10-term incumbent Lacy Clay. Bush – a pastor and nurse whose activism ascended during the 2014 Ferguson police brutality protests – quickly brought her theory of change to Congress by piercing the bubble of Washington and pressing her colleagues to be on the record on where they stand on crucial issues. Hours after rioters stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, Bush introduced a resolution to remove every House member who supported attempts to overturn the election. Months later, Bush slept on the steps of the Capitol as she successfully fought to extend an eviction moratorium amid the COVID pandemic. On Oct. 16, 2023, Bush co-introduced a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. But, such noise attracted larger (and better funded) opposition. Shortly after Bush co-led the ceasefire resolution, St. Louis prosecutor Wesley Bell announced he would challenge her. His campaign — buoyed by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), crypto interests, and more —...