{"id":2640881,"date":"2026-08-05T09:38:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T13:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disgraced-anti-israel-former-squad-member-loses-comeback-attempt-in-resounding-fashion\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T09:39:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T13:39:52","slug":"disgraced-anti-israel-former-squad-member-loses-comeback-attempt-in-resounding-fashion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disgraced-anti-israel-former-squad-member-loses-comeback-attempt-in-resounding-fashion\/","title":{"rendered":"Disgraced Anti-Israel Former &#8216;Squad&#8217; Member Loses Comeback Attempt in Resounding Fashion"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fdisgraced-anti-israel-former-squad-member-loses-comeback-attempt-in-resounding-fashion%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=2640881&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>The content discusses recent political developments involving Democratic representatives, focusing on the defeat of ex-Rep. cori Bush in Missouri\u2019s primary election. Bush, a member of the \u201cSquad,\u201d faced backlash over her anti-Israel stance, personal scandals, and conduct related to security spending. Her political positions, particularly her criticism of Israel and association with anti-Semitic rhetoric, led to support from pro-Israel groups backing her challenger, Wesley bell, who won decisively.Bush\u2019s defeat reflects shifts within the Democratic Party\u2019s stance on foreign policy and internal divisions.The article also highlights her defiant remarks after the loss, including threats against pro-Israel groups, and discusses her controversial history and outspoken nature.the piece portrays her loss as a significant political rebuke and hints at her future political ambitions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen whether or not Tuesday was good or bad for the cadre of Democrats who seem to, very mysteriously, have an animus toward the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and virtually no other lobbying group that encourages better U.S. ties with foreign powers.<\/p>\n<p>However, we can say one thing for certain: It wasn\u2019t a great night for grifting bodyguards with odd attachments, financial and romantic, to former members of the so-called \u201cSquad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a comeback attempt that was widely seen as a barometer of just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bernie-smears-aipac-calls-second-holocaust-ring-outside-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">how far the anti-AIPAC backlash<\/a> would go in the Democratic Party, ex-Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri was defeated soundly in her attempt to reclaim her old congressional seat.<\/p>\n<p>With 99 percent of the votes counted as of Wednesday morning, incumbent Rep. Wesley Bell had 59.2 percent of the vote to Bush\u2019s 36.9 percent. The race had been called by the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/projects\/elections-2026\/missouri-primary-results-us-house\/#1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a> on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Given that the St. Louis-area district leans heavily Democratic, this all but assures him of a second term.<\/p>\n<p>Bush, a nurse and a community activist, had come to prominence during the 2014 unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, after the death of Michael Brown. She grifted her way into various campaigns, all losing at the primary stage, until the Summer of Floyd\u2122 allowed her an upset in Missouri\u2019s 1st Congressional District.<\/p>\n<p>Bush then became a member of the <i>soi-disant<\/i> \u201cSquad\u201d along with Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, among other undesirables. Even in that decidedly non-august company, she managed to make a wreck of herself with personal scandals and untenable political positions.<\/p>\n<p>She first came under scrutiny when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-always-remember-anti-cop-cori-bush-told-us-needs-private-security-suck\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">she told people<\/a> to \u201csuck it up\u201d when it came to defunding the police despite the fact that she had wildly overspent on her own security. Then we found out why: She was romantically involved with one member of her security staff, Cortney Merritts, who she eventually married. It didn\u2019t help that he didn\u2019t hold a security license, either, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/department-justice-conducting-criminal-investigation-squad-congresswoman-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">and hadn\u2019t since 2012<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At one point in 2024, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/department-justice-conducting-criminal-investigation-squad-congresswoman-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">she was under investigation<\/a> from the Department of Justice, Federal Election Commission, and House Ethics Committee for her spending on security.<\/p>\n<p>And then there was her criticism of Israel, which went far beyond the normal \u201cI\u2019m not an anti-Semite, but that Bibi\u2026\u201d style of rubbish.<\/p>\n<p>Before her 2024 primary defeat, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/defeated-squad-member-threatens-pro-israeli-groups-loss-coming-tear-kingdom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">she refused to call Hamas a terror organization<\/a>, comparing them to Black Lives Matter protesters: \u201cWe were considered black identity extremists, and all we were doing was trying to get peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHave they hurt people? Absolutely. Has the Israeli military hurt people? Absolutely,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>That was enough for pro-Israeli groups to back her challenger, Mr. Bell, who won by a 51.2 percent to 45.6 percent margin.<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of her 2024 loss, she said that voters and outside groups may have believed they were \u201cpulling me away from my position as congresswoman, [when] all you did was take some of the strings off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause now, there are some strings that I have attached. And as much as I love my job, all they did was radicalize me, and now they should be afraid,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re about to see this other Cori, this other side\u2026 And let me say this: AIPAC, I\u2019m coming to tear your kingdom down!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Cori Bush defiant in defeat: \u201cAll they did was radicalize me, so now they need to be afraid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey about to see this other Cori, this other side,\u201d she said. \u201cAIPAC, I\u2019m coming to tear your kingdom down.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/690T0aEhmZ\">pic.twitter.com\/690T0aEhmZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mark Maxwell (@MarkMaxwellTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkMaxwellTV\/status\/1821058228953763891?\">August 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And then she found out that nobody cared about that other side, so she ran for office again, apparently because other anti-Semitic candidates who talked inordinately and at great length about AIPAC had done some of that tearing-kingdom-down stuff for her. She was hopeful that this would make her candidacy this time a bit more successful.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was pretty much isolated\u2026 because people were afraid that they would have problems if they associated with me,\u201d Bush said of the 2024 race before Tuesday\u2019s primary, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/elections\/2026\/08\/04\/missouri-house-district-1-primary-election-results-2026-live-updates-bell-faces-bush\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a>. \u201cHaving so much money spent from AIPAC and those other groups against a Democrat, it made some Democrats feel like, well, I don\u2019t want that ire coming my way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But things had changed, and she had a coalition.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I\u2019m so proud to have the support of leaders from across St. Louis and the country as we fight to abolish ICE, build a Medicare for All system, and deliver a Green New Deal.<\/p>\n<p>Today, we\u2019ll show organized money that they can\u2019t beat organized people. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G2krj3l4tL\">pic.twitter.com\/G2krj3l4tL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cori Bush (@CoriBush) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CoriBush\/status\/2084766666097914098?\">August 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Bush was right; things had changed. She lost by over 22 points, not just over five points.<\/p>\n<p>This couldn\u2019t have happened to a better woman. I may not agree with Rep. Bell\u2019s politics, but he gave the perfect epitaph for Bush\u2019s political career: \u201cShe\u2019s not a serious candidate,\u201d he said in an interview last month, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/missouri-congress-cori-bush-wesley-bell-a2d8c60a470a03791e61c1e8aafc0dad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this election, the choices are clear. I wake up every day working for St. Louis, and the folks in St. Louis know that I\u2019m going to wake up working for them. And then we\u2019ve got an opponent, Cori, who wakes up thinking about Cori. And we\u2019ve seen it over and over. And that\u2019s why she was fired.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Indeed. Shame about the loss, though. 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