{"id":2006756,"date":"2023-08-21T10:27:07","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T14:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-and-her-anti-cop-pals-in-congress-have-spent-whopping-amount-of-campaign-cash-on-private-security\/"},"modified":"2023-08-21T10:32:43","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T14:32:43","slug":"aoc-and-her-anti-cop-pals-in-congress-have-spent-whopping-amount-of-campaign-cash-on-private-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-and-her-anti-cop-pals-in-congress-have-spent-whopping-amount-of-campaign-cash-on-private-security\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC and Congress Allies Splurge Campaign Funds 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\">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%2Faoc-and-her-anti-cop-pals-in-congress-have-spent-whopping-amount-of-campaign-cash-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=2006756&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>I have a personal theory as to why members of\u2064 the so-called squad\u2064 of progressive House \u2064Democrats \u200dwant to defund police: They need the money to protect\u2063 themselves, apparently.<\/h2>\n<p>According to a \u200bSaturday\u2062 report in the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/08\/19\/defund-the-police-aoc-squad-spent-1-2m-on-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New\u2063 York Post<\/a>, Federal Election Commission \u200cdata show the eight members of \u2064the\u200c unofficial group of\u2062 hard-left legislatures have spent \u2062more than $1.2\u2062 million on \u2062private security since\u2062 they \u2064came into office.<\/p>\n<p>To be fair, over half of this total\u200c belongs to \u200djust one member of the group: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-always-remember-anti-cop-cori-bush-told-us-needs-private-security-suck\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Missouri\u2062 Rep. Cori \u2062Bush<\/a>, who has shelled out over $730,000\u2062 on private security, \u200caccording to the report.<\/p>\n<p>Bush was\u200c one of the most adamant Democrats when it came to \u2062sticking by explicitly using\u200d the slogan\u200d \u201cdefund the police\u201d\u2063 even \u200bafter it became unpopular among \u200bvoters, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2022\/02\/09\/cori-bush-defund-police-2022-midterms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI always tell [fellow Democrats], \u2018If\u200c you all had fixed \u2063this before I got \u2064here, I\u200d wouldn\u2019t have to\u2064 say these things,&#8217;\u201d she said in\u200c February 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Defund the police\u2019 is not the problem,\u201d\u200d Bush added. \u201cWe \u2063dangled the carrot in front of people\u2019s faces and said we can get \u2062it done and that\u2062 Democrats deliver, when we haven\u2019t totally delivered.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, the congresswoman definitely hasn\u2019t delivered personally, \u200cand her \u2062spending \u2063has raised some eyebrows \u2014 as well as \u2063an ethics complaint.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u2064 the FEC data, $75,000 \u2063of her \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-squad-has-spent-over-1-million-on-private-security-while-pushing-to-defund-the-police\/\" title=\"The\" Squat\" has spent more than$ 1 million on private security while attempting to defund the police.\">private security budget<\/a> was directed to her now-husband, despite the\u200b fact\u2063 he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/high-profile-dem-funnels-thousands-dollars-husband-private-security-doesnt-license\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lacked the\u2064 appropriate license<\/a> to provide security for her.<\/p>\n<p>And there were other fun hypocrisies in Bush\u2019s private-security spending, as well, according to the Post.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAmong the benefactors of her donor\u2019s largesse was St. Louis-based Peace Security,\u2062 a pro-gun,\u2062 right<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/squad-member-cori-bush-employs-pro-gun-private-security-firm\/\" title=\"\u2018Squad\u2019 Member Cori Bush Employs Pro-Gun Private Security Firm\">-wing private security firm<\/a> that racked up\u2063 $380,947 despite reportedly promoting the Second\u2064 Amendment \u2014 \u2064in sharp contrast to Democratic socialist Bush\u2019s anti-gun campaign\u200d messaging,\u201d\u2063 the report said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bush \u2062defended \u200dher profligate personal-security spending in \u200da 2021 \u200cinterview with\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/cori-bush-defund-the-police-private-security-response\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News<\/a>,\u200b claiming \u200dher \u2062life was in\u200c danger without \u200cit.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThey would rather\u2064 I\u200c die? You would\u200d rather me die? Is that\u200b what you want\u2062 to\u200c see?\u2064 You want to see\u200c me die?\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI \u200dhave\u200c private security because my body \u200bis worth being on this planet right now,\u201d the Democrat said. \u201cI have private\u2062 security\u200d because they, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-iowa-republican-nicole-hasso-critical-race-theory-wants-to-divide-us\/\" title=\"Exclusive \u2014 Iowa Republican Nicole Hasso: 'Critical Race Theory Wants to Divide Us'\">white supremacist racist narrative<\/a> that \u2062they drive into this country. The fact that they don\u2019t care that this black woman that has put her life on\u200b the line\u00a0\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to make sure I have security because I know I have had attempts on my\u2063 life and I have too\u2064 much work to do. There\u2064 are too many people that need help right now \u2063for \u200bme to allow\u200d that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As for those \u201cpeople that need help right now,\u201d they can deal \u2063with whatever desiccated\u200c law-enforcement apparatus gets left behind after\u2062 Bush\u2064 and her ilk\u2063 are finished defunding it. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/defund-police-failure-minneapolis-residents-taking-matters-hands-amid-crime-surge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">You\u2019re welcome, \u2064America<\/a>!<\/p>\n<h3>Next up in the \u201csquad\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-the-squad-spent-thousands-on-private-security-while-demanding-police-be-defunded\/\" title=\"Report: \u2018The Squad\u2019 Spent Thousands On Private Security While Demanding Police Be Defunded\">personal security<\/a> spending sweepstakes? Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/israeli-president-gets-standing-ovation-us-congress-pointed-message-aocs-squad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> \u2062of New York, who spent more\u200b than $272,000 in campaign funds\u200b for personal security, including\u200c upgrades to her district offices, according to the \u200cPost.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cHer expenses include nearly $2,000 for security\u200b system installations at her \u2063Queens and Bronx district offices, \u200bmore than $20,000 \u200con \u2018internet\u2019 or \u2018digital\u2019 security, \u200b$4,263 \u200bfor \u2063office security equipment and $521 for what she noted in FEC records as \u2018security barriers,&#8217;\u201d\u200d the report said.<\/p>\n<p>This also isn\u2019t a surprise when you \u2063consider AOC is another one\u2063 who makes dubious claims \u2064that her life has \u200cbeen in imminent danger \u2014 particularly during the events of Jan. 6, \u20622021, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fact-checking-fact-checkers-snopes-exposes-left-wing-bias-sham-pro-aoc-fact-check\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">when she claimed<\/a> she\u200b \u201chad\u200c a very close encounter where I thought I was going\u200b to die.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-house-democrats-screaming-meltdown-floor-ilhan-omar-resolution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ilhan Omar<\/a> of Minnesota \u200ctook the\u200b bronze medal in the \u201cdefund for thee, not for me\u201d personal security Olympics, \u2063reportedly \u2064spending a total\u2064 of\u200c $125,683.75 on security services \u200bsince her \u200c2019 swearing-in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRounding out the \u200brest \u2062of the squad: Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) spent $64,763;\u2064 Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.)\u200d $20,480; Jamaal Bowman (D-NY)\u200c $7,872; and\u2062 Greg Casar (D-Texas) $1,570; while Summer \u2062Lee\u200c (D-Pa.)\u2064 has yet\u2064 to\u200c document security spending. Both Lee and Casar are freshman members who joined Congress in January,\u201d the Post reported.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/first-time-ever-heritage-foundation-gives-disturbing-report-americas-military-capability\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heritage \u2063Foundation<\/a> legal fellow Zach Smith told\u200c the Post\u2063 that those\u200b numbers were\u200b \u201cincredibly hypocritical\u201d \u200cwhen you consider these lawmakers \u201chave been\u2062 at the\u200d forefront of the defund the police \u200dmovement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCori Bush, AOC, all\u200c the members of the \u2018squad\u2019 \u2014\u200d they\u200b and their\u2064 families \u200ddeserve to be safe and secure in \u200ctheir homes and communities \u2014 but so \u200cdoes everyone else,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately while they get their \u2062own taxpayer-funded security detail \u2026\u200b on top \u200bof what they\u2019re paying for out of \u200cpocket\u201d with campaign funds,\u2063 \u201ctheir \u200bconstituents do not and must \u200drely on \u200dpolice\u200b or their Second\u200d Amendment rights\u2063 \u2026 that the \u2018squad\u2019\u200d also\u200c opposes,\u201d he \u2063said.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps most \u200bnotably, of the $1.23 million in personal security outlays \u200dfor the soi-disant \u201csquad,\u201d the \u200bvast majority of\u200b it \u200d\u2014 $1.15\u2064 million \u2014 was spent <em>after<\/em> the \u201cdefund the police\u201d\u200b movement kicked into \u200dhigh gear \u2062following the \u200bMay 2020 death of \u2063George Floyd in Minneapolis \u200dpolice \u2063custody.<\/p>\n<p>Crime soared. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/70-members-may-quit-dc-police-force-says-union-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Police were\u2063 overwhelmed<\/a>. Cities burned. Murders \u200bspiked, lawlessness reigned, urban areas\u200b became no-go zones \u2014 and the good\u2063 progressives who backed \u201cdefund the \u200bpolice\u201d and\u2064 other \u201csquad\u201d-friendly \u200dcriminal\u200d justice policies\u200d quickly\u2062 tucked \u2062tail and ran off to someplace where they \u2062didn\u2019t have \u2062to worry about getting mugged by a fentanyl-sotten \u2064\u201cunhoused\u201d individual \u2064living in a tent city right outside their apartment building.<\/p>\n<p>But \u2064at least the \u201csquad\u201d members were safe and sound \u2014 and their \u2063personal police were hardly defunded.\u200b Quite the opposite,\u2063 actually.<\/p>\n<p>Thank heavens for small mercies.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2064post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/aoc-anti-cop-pals-congress-spent-whopping-amount-campaign-cash-private-security\/\">AOC and Her Anti-Cop Pals in Congress \u2062Have Spent Whopping \u200dAmount of \u200bCampaign Cash on Private \u200bSecurity<\/a> \u2063 appeared first\u200c on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I believe the progressive House Democrats, known as the squad, want to defund the police because they require the funds for their own protection. 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