{"id":1442843,"date":"2022-04-18T07:29:45","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T11:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1442843"},"modified":"2022-04-18T07:29:54","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T11:29:54","slug":"defund-the-authorities-congresswoman-spends-300k-on-private-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/defund-the-authorities-congresswoman-spends-300k-on-private-security\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cDefund the authorities\u201d Congresswoman Spends $300k on Private Security"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fdefund-the-authorities-congresswoman-spends-300k-on-private-security%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=1442843&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=\"speechkit-wrapper\" class=\"speechkit-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Rep. Cori Bush poured tens of thousands of dollars more into private security during the first quarter of 2022, pushing her security bills to more than $300,000 as she continues calls to defund the police.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/midwest\/missouri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Missouri<\/a>\u00a0Democrat&#8217;s campaign reported spending $70,489 on security services between Jan. 1 and March 31, Federal Election Commission\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/forms\/C00638767\/1586844\/sb\/ALL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">filings<\/a>\u00a0show. The payments include $50,489 to Peace Security, $15,000 to Cortney Merrits and $5,000 to Nathaniel Davis.<\/p>\n<p>Bush&#8217;s newest security checks follow the $233,663 her committee spent on the services in 2021, FEC\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/disbursements\/?data_type=processed&#038;committee_id=C00638767&#038;two_year_transaction_period=2022&#038;disbursement_description=security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">records<\/a>\u00a0show. She has now paid out $304,152 for security this election cycle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/dem-refuses-to-back-down-from-defund-the-police-vows-to-use-on-2022-campaign-trail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CORI BUSH WON&#8217;T DROP &#8216;DEFUND THE POLICE&#8217; SLOGAN EVEN THOUGH DEMS FEAR IT&#8217;S POISON AT THE POLLS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/640\/320\/Cori-Bush.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Rep. Cori Bush talks eviction moratorium extension.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Rep. Cori Bush talks eviction moratorium extension.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(CBSN)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>As Bush&#8217;s campaign issued the most recent payments, she\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/dem-refuses-to-back-down-from-defund-the-police-vows-to-use-on-2022-campaign-trail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">refused<\/a>\u00a0to rein in her calls to defund\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\/police-and-law-enforcement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">law enforcement,<\/a>\u00a0which Democrats fear will hurt the party in the 2022 elections.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I always tell [fellow Democrats], &#8216;If you all had fixed this before I got here, I wouldn&#8217;t have to say these things,'&#8221; the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/the-squad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Squad&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0member told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/cori-bush-defund-police-2022-midterms-f78a07b5-40ae-42e2-ba0e-e50d205a1dd9.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Axios<\/a>\u00a0in February.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bush said the &#8220;defund the police&#8221; slogan isn&#8217;t the problem and pinned it on Democrats not delivering on the promise.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News\u00a0Digital <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/squad-cori-bush-defund-police-advocate-private-security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first reported<\/a>\u00a0on Bush&#8217;s security payments in July 2021, which\u00a0prompted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/cori-bush-tells-cbs-defunding-the-police-needs-to-happen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">questions<\/a>\u00a0from CBS News about the cash and whether it was hypocritical to hire security while pushing to defund law enforcement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/640\/320\/cori-bush.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Rep. Cori Bush speaks during a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol on March 11, 2021.\u00a0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Rep. Cori Bush speaks during a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol on March 11, 2021.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;They would rather I die?&#8221; Bush\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/congresswoman-cori-bush-says-temporary-eviction-ban-buys-congress-time-to-act\/#x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">asked<\/a>. &#8220;You would rather me die? Is that what you want to see? You want to see me die? You know, because that could be the alternative.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/cori-bush-tells-cbs-defunding-the-police-needs-to-happen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CORI BUSH DEFENDS CALLING TO DEFUND THE POLICE WHILE HAVING PRIVATE SECURITY: &#8216;YOU WOULD RATHER I DIE?&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bush said she would ensure she has security because she has had attempts on her life and has &#8220;too much work to do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So suck it up, and defunding the police has to happen,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/640\/320\/AP20307714874276-e1604486908283.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Cori Bush gestures during a news conference on Aug. 5, 2020, in St. Louis.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Cori Bush gestures during a news conference on Aug. 5, 2020, in St. Louis.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP Photo\/Jeff Roberson, File)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Shortly after Bush&#8217;s vigorous defense of the payments, St. Louis&#8217; KMOV4\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220205120633\/https:\/\/www.kmov.com\/news\/two-st-louis-city-sheriff-deputies-fired-after-working-private-security-for-rep-cori-bush\/article_cfb56cb0-fbd8-11eb-868d-17cf595fe7b0.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">discovered<\/a>\u00a0through obtained surveillance camera footage that Bush had hired two sheriff&#8217;s deputies, Tylance Jackson and Maurice Thompson, as part of her security.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The discovery led to the termination of Jackson and Thompson, who had failed to get approval for the side gig, St. Louis Sheriff Vernon Betts said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Bush has been a major critic of law enforcement and one of the most ardent advocates of defunding the police. She has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoriBush\/status\/1354614996630712322?s=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a>\u00a0that defunding the police is not a &#8220;radical&#8221; idea and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/squad-dem-cori-bush-st-louis-defund-police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">praised<\/a>\u00a0St. Louis in April 2021 for its &#8220;historic&#8221; vote to strip millions from the police force.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&#038;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&#038;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today&#8217;s decision to defund the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department is historic,&#8221; Bush said after the vote. &#8220;It marks a new future for our city. For decades, our city funneled more and more money into our police department under the guise of public safety, while massively underinvesting in the resources that will truly keep our communities safe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bush&#8217;s campaign did not respond to a Fox News Digital request for comment on the continued payments.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><i>Fox News&#8217; Michael Lee and Cortney O&#8217;Brien contributed reporting.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Rep. 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