{"id":1024713,"date":"2021-11-17T18:29:43","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T23:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1024713"},"modified":"2021-11-17T18:29:50","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T23:29:50","slug":"cori-bush-roasted-after-claiming-white-supremacists-shot-at-her-during-the-ferguson-riots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cori-bush-roasted-after-claiming-white-supremacists-shot-at-her-during-the-ferguson-riots\/","title":{"rendered":"Cori Bush Roasted After Claiming &#039;White Supremacists&#039; Shot at Her During the Ferguson Riots"},"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%2Fcori-bush-roasted-after-claiming-white-supremacists-shot-at-her-during-the-ferguson-riots%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=1024713&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/AP21316813962275-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Far-left \u201cSquad\u201d member Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) is facing a wave of backlash after claiming \u201cwhite supremacists\u201d shot at her during the Black Lives Matter riots in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014.<\/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 the Democrat claimed Monday. \u201cThey never faced consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Bush suggested that, if Kyle Rittenhouse is acquitted, it will send the message that white supremacists \u201ccan get away with it\u201d:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"15.130990415335\">\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<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite the weighty assertion, there does not appear to be an official record of the alleged incident vaguely detailed by Bush.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Ferguson Police Chief Frank McCall Jr. <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\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> he was not aware of any such activities occurring at the time, according to the St. <em>Louis Post-Dispatch<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNone that I\u2019m aware of,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Bush\u2019s office has not backed down from the allegations, however.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile on the frontlines of the Ferguson Uprising, Congresswoman Bush and other activists were shot at by white supremacist vigilantes,\u201d a spokesperson for the congresswoman said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe question we need to ask is why white supremacists feel empowered to open-carry rifles, incite violence, and put black lives at risk across our country,\u201d the spokesperson added, offering no evidence of the alleged incident.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>However, some in attendance have attempted to back Bush\u2019s weighty claim.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is FACTS!\u201d activist Ohun Ashe said of the lawmaker\u2019s assertion. \u201cI vividly remember hiding under porches in Canfield as shots were fired at us. No one came to help us. We would come from under porches using cars as shields in between gun shots to make it out\u201d:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.6254295532646\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is FACTS! I vividly remember hiding under porches in Canfield as shots were fired at us. No one came to help us. We would come from under porches using cars as shields in between gun shots to make it out. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dqmrcZznXB\">https:\/\/t.co\/dqmrcZznXB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ohun Ashe \ud83c\udf3b\ud83c\udf3c\ud83c\udf1e (@Ohun_Ashe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ohun_Ashe\/status\/1460337841133785100?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Across the board, however, Bush\u2019s assertion drew a wave of doubts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is false and ignominious. Your colleagues should condemn you. Jeffrey Williams was arrested, charged &amp; convicted for that shooting during the protest\/riots. He was aiming at police &amp; shot two officers,\u201d journalist Andy Ngo, who has ample experience with far-left rioters, said as others jumped in doubting her claims:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.3856655290102\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is false and ignominious. Your colleagues should condemn you. Jeffrey Williams was arrested, charged &amp; convicted for that shooting during the protest\/riots. He was aiming at police &amp; shot two officers. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qIx0qsxcyX\">pic.twitter.com\/qIx0qsxcyX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andy Ng\u00f4 \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 (@MrAndyNgo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrAndyNgo\/status\/1460371415820034056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.56\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Did they look like this? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JNQ06sEeXd\">pic.twitter.com\/JNQ06sEeXd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1460350542010585093?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.320987654321\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This 100 percent never happened<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattWalshBlog\/status\/1460345112127578120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"3.5324675324675\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Cu5pefkdhU\">pic.twitter.com\/Cu5pefkdhU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimRunsHisMouth\/status\/1460374015349071883?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.2435897435897\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">i\u2019ll take \u201cthings that didn\u2019t happen\u201d for $6969.<\/p>\n<p>\u270d\ud83c\udffc\u270d\ud83c\udffc\u270d\ud83c\udffc <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uBAjfLeK2B\">pic.twitter.com\/uBAjfLeK2B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Siraj Hashmi (@SirajAHashmi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SirajAHashmi\/status\/1460347103683788808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.3544303797468\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is completely false.  There isn\u2019t even a hill where he was shot.  Just apartment buildings.  I was a reporter on assignment in Ferguson during some of the riots.  This NEVER happened.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Melanie Moon (@Moon_Melanie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Moon_Melanie\/status\/1460728576291053577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.6027397260274\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Liar. Never happened.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Cardillo (@johncardillo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johncardillo\/status\/1460381936417918977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.4367816091954\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I too like to make up stories<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ryan James Girdusky (@RyanGirdusky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RyanGirdusky\/status\/1460345481859584006?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.7914110429448\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wow. The shooter was shooting at cops. Precisely the opposite of what she\u2019s saying. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2rktJS1Ybr\">https:\/\/t.co\/2rktJS1Ybr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ron Bassilian (@Ron4California) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ron4California\/status\/1460365043216781312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.981981981982\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is 100% pants on fire rating from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PolitiFact?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PolitiFact<\/a> worthy<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Manning (@Manning4USCong) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Manning4USCong\/status\/1460362653893685248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bush\u2019s assertion comes as the country <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/law-and-order\/2021\/11\/17\/rittenhouse-jury-to-begin-second-day-of-deliberations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">awaits<\/a> the jury\u2019s verdict in the murder trial of 18-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Far-left \u201cSquad\u201d member Rep. 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