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A month ago, Cori Bush and Ilhan Omar joined 15 of Putin’s favorite Republicans in voting against the Russian oil ban.
Now, only 7 Republicans will vote against it.
Bush and Omar are still voting with them.
Cori Bush is the dumbest person in congress. Of either party.
www.thebulwark.com
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Which brings us back to Rep. Cori Bush. She has spent the first fifteen months of her first term casting votes and making broad statements of policy that seem consistent with her beliefs but inconsistent with the conventional wisdom on what is best for Missouri’s 1st Congressional District, the state’s most liberal, comprising Saint Louis City and its northern suburbs. (Missouri has yet to approve its new post-2020-census map.)
Here’s one: “Defunding the Pentagon.” The far left loves to rail against defense spending which, sure, is replete with waste. But defunding it entirely? The idea is as dumb as “defund the police” but in this case the intended audience is a congressional district that hosts one of America’s premiere spy satellite agencies as well as the National Personnel Records Center, which handles military records archives.
Cori Bush was also one of two House Democrats, the other being Ilhan Omar, to reject a bill endorsing a ban on importing Russian oil. Fifteen Republicans supported the measure.
Bush’s primary opponent, a state senator named Steve Roberts Jr., who filed the necessary papers only two days before the deadline, called her out on her support for defunding the Pentagon.
Defunding the Pentagon would impoverish Saint Louisans, many of whom are her constituents, immediately. It would never happen, but that she’d stand for it as some sort of protest vote is bizarre. When your agenda is to throw rocks at the establishment, you generally want to avoid throwing rocks at your constituents. Aided by Republicans, Bush’s record will be demagogued by Republicans, no doubt, and even moderate establishment Missouri Democrats during the primary.
Now, only 7 Republicans will vote against it.
Bush and Omar are still voting with them.
Cori Bush is the dumbest person in congress. Of either party.
Democrats’ Tough Choice in Missouri 1
Re-elect Squad member Cori Bush despite her far-out views? Or vote for her challenger despite his baggage?
www.thebulwark.com
excerpts:
Which brings us back to Rep. Cori Bush. She has spent the first fifteen months of her first term casting votes and making broad statements of policy that seem consistent with her beliefs but inconsistent with the conventional wisdom on what is best for Missouri’s 1st Congressional District, the state’s most liberal, comprising Saint Louis City and its northern suburbs. (Missouri has yet to approve its new post-2020-census map.)
Here’s one: “Defunding the Pentagon.” The far left loves to rail against defense spending which, sure, is replete with waste. But defunding it entirely? The idea is as dumb as “defund the police” but in this case the intended audience is a congressional district that hosts one of America’s premiere spy satellite agencies as well as the National Personnel Records Center, which handles military records archives.
Cori Bush was also one of two House Democrats, the other being Ilhan Omar, to reject a bill endorsing a ban on importing Russian oil. Fifteen Republicans supported the measure.
Bush’s primary opponent, a state senator named Steve Roberts Jr., who filed the necessary papers only two days before the deadline, called her out on her support for defunding the Pentagon.
Defunding the Pentagon would impoverish Saint Louisans, many of whom are her constituents, immediately. It would never happen, but that she’d stand for it as some sort of protest vote is bizarre. When your agenda is to throw rocks at the establishment, you generally want to avoid throwing rocks at your constituents. Aided by Republicans, Bush’s record will be demagogued by Republicans, no doubt, and even moderate establishment Missouri Democrats during the primary.
