{"id":120775,"date":"2021-02-08T09:01:31","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T14:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=120775"},"modified":"2021-02-08T11:43:16","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T16:43:16","slug":"rep-bush-sides-with-st-louis-inmate-rioters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-bush-sides-with-st-louis-inmate-rioters\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Bush sides with St. Louis inmate rioters"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Frep-bush-sides-with-st-louis-inmate-rioters%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=120775&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 id=\"attachment_2368067\" style=\"width: 661px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2368067\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2368067 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AP21036013047488-651x437.jpg\" alt width=\"651\" height=\"437\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2368067\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., arrives at the House chamber to vote on a resolution to strip Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., from her committee assignments because of her extremist views, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>\nUPDATED 8:34 AM PT \u2013 Monday, February 8, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Missouri Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) is taking heat after she pledged to prioritize the needs of rioters who set fires and broke windows in a St. Louis jail.<\/p>\n<p>The backlash came after the Democrat tweeted on Saturday, quoting Dr. Martin Luther King Junior and describing the prison takeover as simply \u201cthe language of the unheard.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cA riot is the language of the unheard.\u201d \u2013 Dr. MLK Jr.<\/p>\n<p>I want to talk to my constituents in the window. Their lives and their rights must be protected.<\/p>\n<p>My team and I are working to ensure that the urgent needs of people who are incarcerated are not ignored. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wMq8ecyLQ2\">https:\/\/t.co\/wMq8ecyLQ2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cori Bush (@CoriBush) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoriBush\/status\/1358209719639433216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Many have pointed out that Bush\u2019s argument is hypocritical as she was absolving the prisoners for their violent behavior when she was all too eager to condemn conservative demonstrators.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember sitting in the office with my team and just thinking to myself\u2026I feel like this was one of the days out there on the streets when the white supremacists would show up and start shooting at us,\u201d the representative stated regarding protest at the U.S. Capitol.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m in the Capitol. I\u2019m safe, and my team and I are sheltering in place.<\/p>\n<p>The President of the United States has incited a riot that has now stormed the Capitol. There are rioters roaming the halls of the Capitol. I saw them with my own eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Our country deserves better.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Congresswoman Cori Bush (@RepCori) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepCori\/status\/1346903842030497792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The city of St. Louis is still working to repair fire and water damage after more than 100 inmates tried to take over the City Justice Center. One corrections officer was wounded and the city is determining whether to file additional charges against the inmates responsible.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/secy-yellen-dismissed-concerns-of-double-digit-inflation\/\">Secy. Yellen dismissed concerns of double-digit inflation<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. 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