{"id":1996015,"date":"2023-08-09T20:52:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T00:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-cori-bush-slammed-over-tweet-about-michael-brown-on-9th-anniversary-of-his-attack-on-cop\/"},"modified":"2023-08-09T20:53:14","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T00:53:14","slug":"democrat-cori-bush-slammed-over-tweet-about-michael-brown-on-9th-anniversary-of-his-attack-on-cop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-cori-bush-slammed-over-tweet-about-michael-brown-on-9th-anniversary-of-his-attack-on-cop\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Cori Bush criticized for tweet on Michael Brown&#8217;s attack on cop, 9 years later."},"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%2Fdemocrat-cori-bush-slammed-over-tweet-about-michael-brown-on-9th-anniversary-of-his-attack-on-cop%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=1996015&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>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/cori-bush\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cori Bush<\/a> \u200d (D-MO) Faces Backlash Over\u200d False Tweet\u2063 on Michael Brown&#8217;s Death<\/h2>\n<p>On the \u2063ninth anniversary \u200dof Michael Brown&#8217;s\u200d attack on a police officer, Rep. Cori Bush sparked controversy with a tweet \u200cthat spread false information and fueled inflammatory rhetoric.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cToday is the 9th anniversary of\u200c Mike Brown\u2019s killing,\u201d Bush\u2063 said. \u201cHe would \u200dbe alive today if the institutions of \u2064racism and white \u200bsupremacy were eradicated. He should be \u2063alive today. We will never forget. We will \u200bcontinue to fight\u2062 for justice and accountability.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Former President\u2064 Barack\u2062 Obama\u2019s \u200cDepartment \u200cof\u2063 Justice (DOJ) conducted an investigation into the \u2063incident and concluded that \u2064there was\u200d no credible \u2063evidence to\u2064 dispute the account of Missouri Police Officer\u200c Darren Wilson. Wilson claimed that he\u200b shot Brown\u2062 in self-defense after \u200bBrown attacked him while he was seated \u2064in his police vehicle. The encounter \u2062occurred after Wilson responded to reports \u200dof\u2062 Brown stealing from a store and assaulting \u2064a store clerk.<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ \u200dreport stated, \u201cBrown\u2019s DNA inside \u2062the SUV and \u2063on Wilson\u2019s shirt\u2062 collar and the \u200bbullet \u200dtrajectory and\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zelensky-accuses-putin-of-genocide\/\" title=\"Zelensky Accuses Putin of Genocide\">close-range gunshot wound<\/a> to Brown\u2019s hand, establish that Brown\u2019s\u200c arms and\/or torso were inside the SUV.\u201d It is \u200dimportant to note \u200cthat Brown\u2063 was 6\u20195\u201d\u200b and weighed nearly\u200c 300 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u2063 the report,\u2063 several witnesses confirmed that Brown posed a\u200c physical threat\u200d to Wilson as he moved\u200d towards him.\u200b The\u200d report also highlighted that Wilson fired at\u200b Brown in what appeared to be self-defense and ceased firing\u2063 once Brown \u200bfell to the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Radio host Dana Loesch responded to\u200c Bush&#8217;s \u2063tweet, stating, \u201cHe would \u200bbe alive today\u200b if he had not chosen to steal from a convenience \u2062store, resulting in \u2063the\u2064 owner\u200c calling\u2063 the police, which led\u200d to the police stopping\u200d him. At that point, Brown chose to \u200cattack\u2063 a cop and\u200c try to take his gun \u2014 a conclusion\u2062 reached by Eric\u200d Holder\u2019s own DOJ in its forensics report. Stop your shameful and racist rewrite of facts.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">He would \u2064be\u200c alive today \u2064if\u2062 he\u2064 had not chosen \u2064to steal from a convenience store, resulting in the owner calling the\u2062 police, resulting in the police \u2062stopping him, at which\u2063 point \u200bBrown CHOSE to attack a cop and try \u2063to \u2064take his gun \u2014 which Eric Holder&#8217;s own DOJ concluded with its \u200dforensics\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CQonKiGT3g\">https:\/\/t.co\/CQonKiGT3g<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DLoesch\/status\/1689318416090374171?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August\u2063 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis \u2064only goes to show \u2064how\u2062 the Left plays the long game,\u201d said Daily Wire podcast host Matt Walsh. \u201cThe whole Michael Brown narrative has been definitively exposed as a hoax, but \u2063they will keep repeating\u2062 it year after \u200cyear until we get tired\u2064 of correcting it and the truth is forgotten by \u200bhistory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\">CLICK HERE \u2064TO GET THE DAILY WIRE \u200cAPP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-first-detention-facility-for-immigrant-border-crossers-opens-critics-mock-change-in-coverage-now-that-a-democrat-is-in-office\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s First Detention Facility For Immigrant Border Crossers Opens, Critics Mock Change In Coverage Now That A Democrat Is In Office\">notable responses included<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mike Brown attacked \u2062and tried\u200b to kill\u200b a \u2062cop, after robbing a \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-cori-bush-slammed-over-tweet-about-michael-brown-on-9th-anniversary-of-his-attack-on-cop\/\" title=\"Democrat Cori Bush criticized for tweet on Michael Brown's attack on cop, 9 years later.\">minority-owned liquor store<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Unbelievable they&#8217;re still trying this &#8220;new \u2062civil \u200crights heroes&#8221; crap. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QyRzNU4DyO\">https:\/\/t.co\/QyRzNU4DyO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wilfred\u200d Reilly (@wil_da_beast630) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wil_da_beast630\/status\/1689335180547215360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">He choked a bodega owner in\u200b the \u2063act \u2063of \u2063shoplifting and attempted to assault \u2062the \u2062responding police officer while grabbing\u2062 his firearm.<\/p>\n<p>Eric\u200c Holder&#8217;s\u2064 justice department\u2063 cleared\u200d the officer of \u2063any\u2062 wrongdoing. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WsDOnBPryK\">https:\/\/t.co\/WsDOnBPryK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze)\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/redsteeze\/status\/1689351109020958720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) received online backlash for a misleading tweet on the ninth anniversary of Michael Brown&#8217;s death. Bush falsely claimed that Brown was killed, ignoring the fact that he attacked a police officer who acted in self-defense. 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