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Dem Rep. Bush Justifies Her Private Security Before Demanding To Defund Police

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Missouri Democrat Rep. Cori Bush, an advocate of defunding the police, was shredded after an interview she had on CBS where she attempted to justify her need for private security.

We urge you to make your own judgment as to what she is saying but, to this writer, it appears that she believes she needs private security, which she can afford and the majority of people cannot because she is more important than the average person.

“I’m going to make sure I have security because I know I have had attempts on my life. And I have too much work to do, there are too many people that need help right now for me to allow that,” she said after being asked about her hypocrisy.

“So if I end up spending $200,000, if I spend ten more dollars on it, you know what, I get to be here to do the work, so suck it up. And defunding the police has to happen. We need to defund the police and put that money into social safety nets,” she said.

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“Defunding the police and being able to have security because those same folks are causing it. It’s two totally different things,” she said as if everyone can hire private security the way she can.

She was summarily roasted on Twitter for her ridiculous comments.

“So suck it up’ an actual quote from a lawmaker justifying why she wants to defund the police but spend thousands on her own private security,” Dana Loesch said.

“These are the quotes that are going to haunt Democrats in the midterms,” Josh Jordan tweeted.

“Incredible video. Cori Bush claims to spend $200,000 on private armed security and *SECONDS* later says we need to defund the police for the rest of America. She just gave every Republican in America a golden TV ad,” David Hookstead said.

“The median annual income for an American is less than $50,000. Cori Bush spends more than 4x that to make sure she’s guarded by men with guns. Meanwhile, she wants to take protection away from regular Americans. It’s a stunning level of arrogance and a gift to Republicans,” he said.

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This week Fox News reported on her security expenditures.

Missouri Rep. Cori Bush spent nearly $70,000 on private security over the past three months as she advocated for defunding the police, campaign filings show.

Bush’s campaign sent $54,120.92 in payments between April 15 and June 28 for “security services” to RS&T Security Consulting, a New York-based firm with a mysterious online presence, Federal Election Commission records released Thursday show. The Democrat’s campaign also paid $15,000 to Nathaniel Davis for “security services” over the same time period.

The $69,120 in security payments accounted for more than a third of Bush’s $197,000 in campaign expenditures during the second quarter, the FEC records show. It’s also nearly double what her campaign spent on private security during the first quarter of 2021.

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And she is not the only “Squad” member who advocates for defunding the police but spends a fortune on her own private security,” Fox News reported in April.

Ocasio-Cortez has paid $3,000 per month on a New York-based “security consultant” service since December, 2020, though she was spending $5,000 per month on the same security consultant beginning May 5, 2020, as The Daily Caller first reported.

Since the start of 2021, she has spent more than $25,000 on “security” costs dated Jan. 25; more than $1,500 on security detail for a February trip to Houston after a shocking winter storm devastated the area; nearly $4,000 on “security services” dated Jan. 19; and nearly $850 on “security services” dated Feb. 2.

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