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Cori Bush

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Nov 11, 2023

My soul aches.

We can’t hear the screaming of the injured or the young crying out for their mothers.

We can’t hear the breaking of bones or crushing of skulls when the buildings collapse.

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We can’t hear the sound as US-made bombs move through the air toward their targets in Gaza or as they make deadly contact.

But what we can hear is the silence of our friends, the complicity of our government & media, the gaslighting from those who are quick to label us “terrorist sympathizers” for being outraged at the killing of thousands of innocent Palestinian men, women, and children.

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Cori Bush

@CoriBush

Oct 1, 2023

.@BarbaraLeeForCA is exceptionally qualified & prepared to be the next Senator from the state of California.

@GavinNewsom should appoint her, without conditions, to fill the newly vacant seat.

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Governor Gavin Newsom did the right thing when he promised to appoint a Black woman to the U.S. Senate.

If he intends to keep his promise and appoint a Black woman to the Senate, there shouldn’t be any strings attached.

In 2021 when @GavinNewsom appointed Sen. Padilla, he didn’t appoint a “caretaker.”

Black women are more than caretakers and it’s offensive that a Black woman would have to be subject to such constraints.

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Cori Bush

@CoriBush

May 19, 2023

🧵Marjorie Taylor Greene’s words about Rep Bowman are a result of the exclusion of Black History being taught in schools

Stating she doesn’t feel safe around a Black man is what a racist would say — it’s a line that has been used to justify the killing of Black men for centuries

Not only is MTG a white supremacist, her playbook isn’t even original and the response is all too predictable.

By drawing a false equivalency between being called a white supremacist vs. the n-word, and claiming she feared Rep. Bowman, she’s making herself out to be a victim.

She’s not a victim. Full stop.

This is the same playbook that perpetrators of police brutality and gun violence use to justify killing Black people.

“I was afraid.”

After they killed Michael Brown.
After they killed Tamir Rice.
After they killed Philando Castile.

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Cori Bush

@CoriBush

Feb 26, 2023

It’s disgusting that the Missouri AG and other Jefferson City lawmakers are using this tragedy as an opportunity to attack Black leaders in St. Louis to garner attention for their future political campaigns — all while ignoring issues in other parts of the state.

@stlcao

AG Bailey is targeting @stlcao, but not the Cedar County prosecutor who refused to pursue real accountability for the years-long abuse of young boys at the Agape Boarding School.

Where is his concern for the reprehensible abuse of prosecutorial power in this case?

Jefferson City politicians who are pushing HB 301 and SB 78 want to control St. Louis so badly, yet they have issues in their own districts they should be tackling.

Rural hospitals are closing, forcing their constituents to travel hundreds of miles to seek healthcare.

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Cori Bush

@CoriBush

Jan 17, 2022

I'm going to share an excerpt from Dr. King's "Give Us the Ballot" speech in 1957.

I want you to read it. And truly let it sink in.

Then remember it next time someone says that our movement for justice needs to slow down, or be quiet, or wait our turn.

"There is a dire need today for a liberalism which is truly liberal.

What we are witnessing today [...] is a sort of quasi-liberalism which is based on the principle of looking sympathetically at all sides...

"It is a liberalism so bent on seeing all sides, that it fails to become committed to either side.

It is a liberalism that is so objectively analytical that it is not subjectively committed.

It is a liberalism which is neither hot nor cold, but lukewarm...

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Cori Bush

@CoriBush

Sep 11, 2021

On the 20th anniversary of 9/11 we mourn the thousands of lives taken in the attacks on the World Trade Center, Flight 93, and the Pentagon. We hold their memories and their families close.

We also mourn the thousands of victims of 9/11 who did not die on that day.

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This includes the thousands of first responders who have contracted cancer, lung disease, and other illnesses in the years following the attacks.

We must also remember that not all victims of 9/11 were near the attacks.

We mourn the victims of the War on Terror — in Afghanistan, Iraq, and beyond. We think of and embrace Muslims here in the United States who have been surveilled, detained, harassed, terrorized, and deported.

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