{"id":1980902,"date":"2023-07-23T18:53:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-23T22:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cori-defund-the-police-bush-pays-big-money-for-hubbys-security-business\/"},"modified":"2023-07-23T18:54:38","modified_gmt":"2023-07-23T22:54:38","slug":"cori-defund-the-police-bush-pays-big-money-for-hubbys-security-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cori-defund-the-police-bush-pays-big-money-for-hubbys-security-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Cori Bush funds spouse&#8217;s security business despite advocating police defunding."},"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\">20<\/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-defund-the-police-bush-pays-big-money-for-hubbys-security-business%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=1980902&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--><h2>The Gravy Train Keeps Flowing for Congresswoman Cori \u2018Defund The \u2064Police\u2019 Bush\u2019s Bodyguard Hubby<\/h2>\n<p>A new report\u2062 indicates that Congresswoman Cori \u2018Defund The Police\u2019 Bush\u2019s (D-MO) husband, Courtney Merrits, has been receiving thousands of dollars for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-stores-are-taking-extreme-security-measures-to-fight-petty-theft\/\" title=\"San Francisco stores beef up security to combat petty theft.\">private\u200d security<\/a> and &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/business-leaders-report-first-output-contraction-since-2020-as-consumers-get-pinched-by-inflation\/\" title=\"Business Leaders Report First Output Contraction Since 2020 As Consumers Get Pinched By Inflation\">wage expenses<\/a>&#8221; \u200dfrom Bush\u2019s campaign. However,\u200b it seems that he doesn&#8217;t have the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/capitol-police-request-2k-national-guard-troops-for-an-extra-60-days\/\" title=\"Capitol Police request 2K National Guard troops for an extra 60 days\">proper authorization<\/a> for \u200dsuch services in either St. Louis or Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/cori-bush-campaign-continues-shell-thousands-dollars-husband-private-security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> on Sunday that Bush\u2019s campaign has \u200bpaid Merrits\u2064 $30,000 so far in 2023, in addition to the $60,000 sent in 2022.\u200b The\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rahm-emanuels-china-ties-are-disqualifying-for-japan-ambassadorship-hawley-says\/\" title=\"Rahm Emanuel\u2019s China Ties Are \u2018Disqualifying\u2019 for Japan Ambassadorship, Hawley Says\">exact nature<\/a> of his work remains unclear.<\/p>\n<p>Bush\u2019s team has not provided any answers regarding the type of protection Merrits is providing, as he is not listed in D.C.&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cori-defund-the-police-bush-pays-big-money-for-hubbys-security-business\/\" title=\"Cori Bush funds spouse's security business despite advocating police defunding.\">official security specialists \u200bdatabase<\/a> and does not have a license in Bush\u2019s home\u200d district in Missouri.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, Bush \u200chas also \u200bpaid\u2062 $62,000 to a group of\u200d St. Louis-based PEACE\u2063 Security\u2064 officers. It is worth noting that \u200bPEACE \u2063is comprised of individuals with law enforcement or military experience, despite\u2064 Bush&#8217;s infamous denigration of\u200c the police as racists. Additionally, she has paid another individual over $140,000 for &#8220;security&#8221; over the past\u2064 year and a half.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the\u200b rising crime \u200dand lawlessness in cities across the country due to the &#8220;Defund the Police&#8221; movements, Bush remains one\u200d of the few members of Congress, let alone the Democratic Party, who still \u200dsupports this policy.<\/p>\n<p>Bush is also a strong advocate \u2063for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/cori-bushs-gun-control-ramblings-are-incoherent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">heavy gun control<\/a>. However, when questioned about her\u200d own security services spending in 2021, she emphasized the need for\u2062 firearms to protect herself.<\/p>\n<p>When she&#8217;s not advocating for disarming\u200b the average American, Bush is demanding reparations. On July 4, she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/democrat-cori-bush-slammed-for-july-4th-tweet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a>, &#8220;The Declaration of\u200b Independence was written by enslavers and didn\u2019t recognize Black people as human.\u2063 Today is a great day to demand Reparations Now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As readers \u200bcan tell, Bush is quite the charmer, with convictions as strong as her persuasive rhetoric. \u2064Or perhaps that&#8217;s just what her husband tells her in exchange for tens of \u200dthousands\u200d of dollars from campaign funds.<\/p>\n<p><i>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own \u2064and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congresswoman Cori Bush&#8217;s (D-MO) husband continues to benefit from her campaign funds, receiving thousands of dollars for private security and &#8220;wage expenses,&#8221; according to a recent report. However, it appears that he lacks the necessary authorization for these services in St. Louis and Washington, D.C. Fox News reports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":326,"featured_media":1980903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1980902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1980902","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\/326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1980902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1980902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1980903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1980902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1980902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1980902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}