{"id":1017404,"date":"2021-11-15T23:14:21","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T04:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1017404"},"modified":"2021-11-15T23:14:25","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T04:14:25","slug":"incitement-cori-bush-called-out-for-rittenhouse-remarks-claims-white-supremacists-shot-at-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/incitement-cori-bush-called-out-for-rittenhouse-remarks-claims-white-supremacists-shot-at-her\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Incitement\u2019: Cori Bush Called Out For Rittenhouse Remarks, Claims White Supremacists Shot At Her"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fincitement-cori-bush-called-out-for-rittenhouse-remarks-claims-white-supremacists-shot-at-her%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1017404&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) faced backlash online on Monday evening following remarks that she made on social media, claiming that white supremacists shot at her in Ferguson, Missouri, following the 2014 death of Michael Brown Jr.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we marched in Ferguson, white supremacists would hide behind a hill near where Michael Brown Jr. was murdered and shoot at us,\u201d Bush tweeted. \u201cThey never faced consequences. If Kyle Rittenhouse gets acquitted, it tells them that even 7 years later they still can get away with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bush\u2019s claim that Brown was murdered is false, as The Washington Post\u2019s fact-check previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2019\/08\/13\/harris-warren-ignore-doj-report-claim-that-michael-brown-was-murdered\/\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em>[Kamala] Harris and [Elizabeth] Warren have ignored the findings of the Justice Department to accuse [police officer Darren] Wilson of murder, even though the Justice Department found no credible evidence to support that claim. Instead, the Justice Department found that the popular narrative was wrong, according to witnesses deemed to be credible, some of whom testified reluctantly because of fear of reprisal. The department produced a comprehensive report to determine what happened, making the senators\u2019 dismissal of it even more galling. Harris and Warren both earn Four Pinocchios.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ferguson Police Chief Frank McCall Jr. said on Monday that he was not aware of any record of such an incident occurring, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/news\/local\/govt-and-politics\/rep-cori-bush-says-white-supremacists-shot-at-ferguson-protesters-but-chief-not-aware-of\/article_fbf2b08a-a49e-504b-8080-13dfb6f9f947.html\">St. Louis Post-Dispatch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When we marched in Ferguson, white supremacists would hide behind a hill near where Michael Brown Jr. was murdered and shoot at us.<\/p>\n<p>They never faced consequences.<\/p>\n<p>If Kyle Rittenhouse gets acquitted, it tells them that even 7 years later they still can get away with it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cori Bush (@CoriBush) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoriBush\/status\/1460335492415819786?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some notable responses included:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chris Barron<\/strong>, political strategist: \u201cHow about the GOP members of Congress grow a spine and introduce a resolution to censure Cori Bush for lying and attempting to intimidate a jury.\u201d<strong>Dan McLaughlin<\/strong>, National Review: \u201cDid you file a police report?\u201d<strong>Greg Pollowitz<\/strong>, Twitchy: \u201cMerrick Garland should open up an investigation to find out why ~checks notes~ Eric Holder didn\u2019t do anything about this.\u201d<strong>Ellen Carmichael<\/strong>, writer: \u201cWere you marching with Jussie Smollet?\u201d<strong>Kurt Schlichter<\/strong>, attorney and columnist: \u201cShut up, liar.\u201d<strong>John Cardillo<\/strong>, political commentator: \u201cThis is an absolute lie. I guarantee this never happened. @CoriBush is a sitting Congresswoman blatantly lying to the American people to stoke rioting and looting. She could not be worse if she tried.\u201d<strong>Ian Miles Cheong<\/strong>, writer: \u201cThis is incitement.\u201d<strong>David Marcus<\/strong>, writer: \u201cThis should be fully investigated immediately.\u201d<strong>Guy Benson<\/strong>, Fox News: \u201cThis is wild \u2014 a falsehood,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) faced backlash online on Monday evening following remarks that she made on social media, claiming that white supremacists shot at her in Ferguson, Missouri, following the 2014 death of Michael Brown Jr.\u201cWhen we marched in Ferguson, white supremacists would hide behind a hill near where Michael Brown Jr. was murdered and shoot at us,\u201d Bush tweeted. \u201cThey never faced consequences. If Kyle Rittenhouse gets acquitted, it tells them that even 7 years later they still can get away with it.\u201dBush\u2019s claim that Brown was murdered is false, as The Washington Post\u2019s fact-check previously reported:[Kamala] Harris and [Elizabeth] Warren have ignored the findings of the Justice Department to accuse [police officer Darren] Wilson of murder, even though the Justice Department found no credible evidence to support that claim. Instead, the Justice Department found that the popular narrative was wrong, according to witnesses deemed to be credible, some of whom testified reluctantly because of fear of reprisal. The department produced a comprehensive report to determine what happened, making the senators\u2019 dismissal of it even more galling. Harris and Warren both earn Four Pinocchios.Ferguson Police Chief Frank McCall Jr. said on Monday that he was not aware of any record of such an incident occurring, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.When we marched in Ferguson, white supremacists would hide behind a hill near where Michael Brown Jr. was murdered and shoot at us.They never faced consequences.If Kyle Rittenhouse gets acquitted, it tells them that even 7 years later they still can get away with it.\u2014 Cori Bush (@CoriBush) November 15, 2021Some notable responses included:Chris Barron, political strategist: \u201cHow about the GOP members of Congress grow a spine and introduce a resolution to censure Cori Bush for lying and attempting to intimidate a jury.\u201dDan McLaughlin, National Review: \u201cDid you file a police report?\u201dGreg Pollowitz, Twitchy: \u201cMerrick Garland should open up an investigation to find out why ~checks notes~ Eric Holder didn\u2019t do anything about this.\u201dEllen Carmichael, writer: \u201cWere you marching with Jussie Smollet?\u201dKurt Schlichter, attorney and columnist: \u201cShut up, liar.\u201dJohn Cardillo, political commentator: \u201cThis is an absolute lie. I guarantee this never happened. @CoriBush is a sitting Congresswoman blatantly lying to the American people to stoke rioting and looting. She could not be worse if she tried.\u201dIan Miles Cheong, writer: \u201cThis is incitement.\u201dDavid Marcus, writer: \u201cThis should be fully investigated immediately.\u201dGuy Benson, Fox News: \u201cThis is wild \u2014 a falsehood, a dodgy\/unsubstantiated allegation, and a baseless non sequitur.\u201dLarry O\u2019Connor, radio host: \u201cI could be wrong\u2026 But I\u2019m pretty sure there were plenty of sympathetic reporters covering the Ferguson marches. I\u2019d think if \u2018white supremacists\u2019 were taking pot shots at protesters it might have made the news.\u201dHarry Khachatrian, writer: \u201cIs Cori Bush saying they were using WMDs.\u201dMatt Walsh, The Daily Wire: \u201cThey never faced consequences for the same reason that Magneto and the Joker never faced consequences. They\u2019re all fictional. A sitting US congresswoman is claiming that armed white supremacists were shooting at people in the middle of a city and it never made the news and no witnesses noticed. This is the kind of brazen lie you can only get from the Left. She knows she won\u2019t be called on it.\u201dJesse Kelly, radio host: \u201cI bet those were the same snipers who shot at Hillary!\u201dRelated:The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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