{"id":518117,"date":"2021-05-17T14:06:28","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T18:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=518117"},"modified":"2021-05-17T14:06:30","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T18:06:30","slug":"report-rep-cori-bush-was-faith-healer-for-religious-group-that-claims-to-have-cured-cancer-aids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-rep-cori-bush-was-faith-healer-for-religious-group-that-claims-to-have-cured-cancer-aids\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Rep. Cori Bush Was \u2018Faith Healer\u2019 For Religious Group That Claims To Have Cured Cancer, AIDS"},"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\">34<\/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%2Freport-rep-cori-bush-was-faith-healer-for-religious-group-that-claims-to-have-cured-cancer-aids%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=518117&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Cori-Bush.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO), a member of the progressive \u201cSquad,\u201d who made headlines recently for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepCori\/status\/1392991612364591107?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1392991612364591107%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesofisrael.com%2Fus-house-speeches-on-gaza-expose-growing-rift-in-democratic-party-on-israel%2F\">comparing the Palestinian cause in Israel to the Black Lives Matter movemen<\/a>t in the United States, was once a \u201cfaith healer\u201d affiliated with a religious group that claims to have resurrected the dead and cured cancer and AIDS through prayer, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/meet-rep-cori-bush-and-her-fellow-faith-healers\/\">Washington Free Beacon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bush has been one of a handful of progressive Congresswomen who are defining the Democratic Party\u2019s agenda in the House of Representatives, along with Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Bush, though, rose to prominence recently with her comments on the Israeli conflict in Gaza and her decision to label pregnant women, \u201cbirthing persons\u201d during a discussion on a parenting support bill known as the \u201cMOMMIES Act.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Free Beacon, however, took a deep dive into Bush\u2019s past after learning that Bush had reached out to a \u201cfaith healer\u201d after contracting a particularly serious case of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRep. Cori Bush (D., Mo.) spent years working as a faith healer for a religious group that claims to have resurrected the dead and cured thousands of people suffering from AIDS, cancer, paralysis, and other serious maladies\u2014including Bush\u2019s own severe case of coronavirus last year,\u201d the outlet reported Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBush did not have medical insurance when she was hospitalized with the virus last April, and she said her struggle illustrated the necessity of passing Medicare for All,\u201d the Free Beacon continued. \u201cOfficials at her faith-healing church, however, said she was cured within 30 minutes after talking to the head pastor, Charles Ndifon, by phone from her hospital bed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCori, she had COVID, and she called me from the hospital,\u201d Ndifon told the Free Beacon. \u201cAnd 30 minutes later, she was breathing. Healed. It was that simple.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cfaith healing\u201d stems from Bush\u2019s membership in a fringe church in St. Louis whose leaders believe \u201cillnesses are the result of demonic forces that must be expelled from the body.\u201d When Bush was miraculously cured of the coronavirus, the church used the matter as proof its methods work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just murdered coronavirus, son!\u2026 I don\u2019t care, bring people with AIDS. Bring the paralyzed people,\u201d \u201cChris Chris,\u201d an acolyte of the church\u2019s leader told church members following the incident. \u201cThe paralyzed people are gonna get healed and start breakdancing. The AIDS people, they\u2019re gonna be able to donate blood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The church itself sells books on their approach to faith healing \u2014 books that range between $10 and $200.<\/p>\n<p>Bush\u2019s religious beliefs are her own, but recently, even mainstream Christian religious beliefs among Republican legislators and other high-profile conservatives have led media and those on the left to question fitness for office. Now-Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett fell under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2020\/sep\/26\/amy-coney-barrett-supreme-court-donald-trump-people-of-praise\">scrutiny from Democrats and other left-leaning individuals<\/a> for belonging to a Catholic group that stressed, among other things, an \u201cauthoritarian structure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO), a member of the progressive \u201cSquad,\u201d who made headlines recently for comparing the Palestinian cause in Israel to the Black Lives Matter movement in the United &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2278327,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Cori-Bush.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Report: Rep. 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