{"id":1776317,"date":"2022-12-15T11:02:57","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T16:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1776317"},"modified":"2022-12-15T11:03:02","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T16:03:02","slug":"squad-member-cori-bush-accuses-gop-of-inciting-violence-against-lgbtq-community-james-comer-fires-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/squad-member-cori-bush-accuses-gop-of-inciting-violence-against-lgbtq-community-james-comer-fires-back\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Squad\u2019 Member Cori Bush Accuses GOP Of Inciting Violence Against LGBTQ Community. James Comer Fires Back."},"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\">32<\/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-member-cori-bush-accuses-gop-of-inciting-violence-against-lgbtq-community-james-comer-fires-back%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=1776317&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. James Comer (R-KY) slammed Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) on Wednesday for accusing some Republican legislators of being responsible for terrorism targeting the LGBTQ community.<\/p>\n<p>The exchange between \u201cThe Squad\u201d member and the Republican congressman came during a Congressional hearing on anti-LGBTQ violence in America. During the hearing, Bush charged, \u201cThe rise of hate and violence against the LBGTQ community follows a surge of anti-LBGTQ legislation driven by Republican state lawmakers including in my home state of Missouri.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2020, the Missouri state house introduced 23 pieces of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation. They\u2019re repeatedly \u2014 it\u2019s absolutely disgusting \u2014 filed library book bans on doctor-recommended care, student organization bans, and sports bans,\u201d she said. \u201cHate drives these Republican bills, which in turn drive dangerous hate and violence towards our LGBTQ+ community. In Missouri, my state, we have seen multiple hate-driven murders of our trans siblings in recent years as part of Missouri Republicans\u2019 obsessive attack on trans and gay rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Comer fired back by pointing out that Bush\u2019s own community was full of violence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCrime is going to be a top priority for the Republicans on this committee in the next Congress, and perhaps Ms. Bush could come give us some pointers on how she\u2019s reduced crime in St. Louis, since she\u2019s been in Congress and what her ideas are to further reduce crime in St. Louis. But wait a minute. St. Louis has one of the highest crime rates in America,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier at the hearing, in an exchange with Brandon Wolf, a survivor of the Pulse Nightclub shooting, Texas GOP Rep. Pat Fallon pointed out the dangers of ascribing violent acts to the rhetoric of one political side of the aisle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy heart goes out to you,\u201d Fallon said. \u201cWhat I want to avoid though, is to place blame on people that have a different political philosophy, because the vast majority \u2014 and I\u2019m talking 99.99 and you just keep going of Americans \u2014 don\u2019t want to harm anyone and don\u2019t harm anyone. And to place blame on an ideology, and I think you said earlier, \u2018Right-wing extremism\u2019 \u2026 do you fear, Mr. Wolf, Left-wing extremism?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wolf replied, \u201cDo you have an example of a left-wing extremist engaging in anti-LGBTQ violence?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fallon cited the shooting of Rep. Steve Scalise by a Bernie Sanders supporter. \u201cNone of us blamed Bernie Sanders because he didn\u2019t do it. Now there\u2019s rhetoric on that side that could encourage very unstable people but unstable people are dangerous inherently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out that Scalise had a security detail that killed the shooter, adding that if Scalise had not been there, 15 to 20 members of Congress could have been murdered. He noted the shooter had asked the members of Congress, who were at the site for a Congressional baseball game. \u201cAre you Republicans?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd when they answered, \u2018Yes,\u2019 that\u2019s when the rifle came out,\u201d Fallon noted. \u201cThe only person responsible for that shooting was that man and no one else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Pulse nightclub shooting, was that perpetrated by a \u2018Right-wing extremist\u2019?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Pulse nightclub shooting was perpetrated by a man who pledged allegiance to ISIS,\u201d Wolf acknowledged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think there are many ISIS members that are terrorists and also GOP voters,\u201d Fallon replied.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. James Comer (R-KY) slammed Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) on Wednesday for accusing some Republican legislators of being responsible for terrorism targeting the LGBTQ community. The exchange between \u201cThe Squad\u201d member and the Republican congressman came during a Congressional hearing on anti-LGBTQ violence in America. 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