{"id":1517055,"date":"2022-06-15T11:34:44","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T15:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1517055"},"modified":"2022-06-15T11:35:39","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T15:35:39","slug":"squad-democrats-vote-against-security-for-scotus-justices-after-spending-small-fortunes-on-private-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/squad-democrats-vote-against-security-for-scotus-justices-after-spending-small-fortunes-on-private-security\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Squad\u2019 Democrats Vote Against Security For SCOTUS Justices After Spending Small Fortunes 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\">30<\/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%2Fsquad-democrats-vote-against-security-for-scotus-justices-after-spending-small-fortunes-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=1517055&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>Democratic \u201cSquad\u201d members in the House voted against a bill Tuesday extending security for Supreme Court Justices despite spending a combined six figures on private security in 2021, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) records and House Disbursements.<\/p>\n<p>Missouri Rep. Cori Bush, Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley, Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib, as well as New York Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jamaal Bowman are among the 27 Democratic members who <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/14\/house-passes-security-supreme-court-justices\/\">voted<\/a> against the approved security measure. Still, these lawmakers spent roughly $348,000 on private security in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation comes as Republican-appointed justices get <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/13\/protesters-block-roads-intersections-supreme-court-abortion-verdict-roe-wade\/\">targeted<\/a> by pro-abortion demonstrators after a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/11\/daniel-ellsberg-applauds-scotus-leaker-roe-v-wade\/\">leaked<\/a> draft opinion showed the Court will likely overturn the landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade. It <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/senate-bill\/4160\/cosponsors\">passed<\/a> in the Senate unanimously over a month ago and was introduced by Republican Texas Sen. John Cornyn and Democratic Delaware Sen. Chris Coons.<\/p>\n<p>Bush, who has frequently <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/09\/defund-the-police-cori-bush-ritchie-torres-eric-adams\/\">called<\/a> to \u201cdefund\u201d the police, spent roughly $200,000 in campaign funds on security in 2021, Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/squad-dems-spent-over-300k-on-private-security-last-year-despite-defund-police-rhetoric\">reported<\/a>. Ocasio-Cortez, who indicated she would not support the security bill since she is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/aoc-touts-blocking-supreme-court-security-bill-brett-kavanaugh-threat-1714922\">prioritizing<\/a> gun control <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/09\/republicans-democrats-upton-kinzinger-gun-control\/\">legislation<\/a>, spent roughly $75,000 on private security in 2021, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>Pressley, who\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/03\/ayanna-pressley-taxpayer-dollars-private-security-house-records-defund-police\/\">spent<\/a> $14,000 from her Member Representational Allowance (MRA) in 2022 on security, spent roughly $63,000 of her MRA on security between May and December 2021,\u00a0The Daily Caller <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/07\/ayanna-pressley-spent-thousands-dollars-taxpayer-money-private-security-house-records-defund-police-squad\/\">reported<\/a>. Tlaib spent under $3,000 on security in 2021 and Bowman spent more than $7,800 in 2021, Fox News reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe lack of concern bordering on hatred for the families of the six judges appointed by Republican presidents is scary,\u201d Republican Wisconsin Rep. Glenn Grothman told TheDCNF. \u201cI can never imagine something so callous and uncaring being done if the shoe was on the other foot.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7451017\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7451017\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">GLASGOW, SCOTLAND \u2013 NOVEMBER 09: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, U.S. Representative for New York\u2019s 14th congressional district, speaks during an event at the US Climate Action Centre during COP26 on November 9, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Ian Forsyth\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Offices for Bush, Tlaib, Ocasio-Cortez and Bowman did not respond to a request for comment. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/19\/squad-members-defund-police-spent-thousands-private-security-protect-themselves-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-ilhan-omar-ayanna-pressley-cori-bush\/\"><strong>(RELATED: \u2018The Squad\u2019 Pushes To \u2018Defund The Police\u2019 While Spending Thousands On Private Security To Protect Themselves)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for Pressley declined The Daily Caller News Foundation\u2019s request for comment and pointed to the member\u2019s remarks after her vote claiming the Supreme Court has \u201cput lives at risk,\u201d alluding to the leaked draft opinion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile elected and appointed officials, including Members of Congress and Supreme Court Justices, do in fact already have protections when it comes to their security, abortion care providers and patients\u2014who already face and will undoubtedly face persistent threats of violence and criminalization should Roe fall\u2014do not,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonherald.com\/2022\/06\/14\/ayanna-pressley-votes-against-security-for-supreme-court-justices-families-pushes-for-abortion-bill\/\">said<\/a> Pressley, the Boston Herard reported.<\/p>\n<p>On May 5, a left-wing group called \u201cRuth Sent Us\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/05\/left-wing-group-conservative-scotus-justices-roe-v-wade-leak\/\">leaked<\/a> the addresses of the six Republican-appointed justices. The group, one of the several pro-abortion groups that published the addresses of the justices, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/13\/brett-kavanaugh-ruth-sent-us-protest-assassination-attempted-murder\/\">claimed<\/a> Monday it was not responsible for the attempted murder of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh since the man charged was white.<\/p>\n<p>That man, Nicholas Roske, was arrested and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/08\/brett-kavanaugh-man-gun-maryland-supreme-court-roe-v-wade-dobbs-v-jackson-womens-health\/\">charged<\/a> last week after police spotted him outside Kavanaugh\u2019s home with weapons, including a firearm.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic \u201cSquad\u201d members in the House voted against a bill Tuesday extending security for Supreme Court Justices despite spending a combined six figures on private security in 2021, according to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":381,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1517055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1517055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/381"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1517055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1517055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1517055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1517055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1517055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}