{"id":612624,"date":"2021-08-05T11:20:23","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T15:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=612624"},"modified":"2021-08-05T11:20:25","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T15:20:25","slug":"cori-bush-says-she-will-pay-private-security-but-defunding-the-police-has-to-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cori-bush-says-she-will-pay-private-security-but-defunding-the-police-has-to-happen\/","title":{"rendered":"Cori Bush Says She Will Pay Private Security, But \u2018Defunding The Police Has To Happen\u2019"},"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%2Fcori-bush-says-she-will-pay-private-security-but-defunding-the-police-has-to-happen%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=612624&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\/08\/cori-bush-cbs-news-e1628175877701.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Democratic Missouri Rep. Cori Bush claimed that she needs private security because of a \u201cracist narrative\u201d driven by her political opponents, but that politicians should \u201csuck it up because defunding the police has to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bush\u2019s campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/19\/squad-members-defund-police-spent-thousands-private-security-protect-themselves-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-ilhan-omar-ayanna-pressley-cori-bush\/\">spent<\/a> nearly $70,000 in campaign on <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/16\/cori-bush-wants-defund-police-spent-70000-private-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">private security<\/a> from April to June, almost double what her campaign spent on security during the first quarter of 2021. She defended those expenditures during a Wednesday appearance on CBS News, claiming that they are necessary because of death threats she has received.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey would rather I die. You would rather me die? Is that what you want to see? You want to see me die? Because that could be the alternative\u201d to spending thousands of dollars on private security, Bush claimed in response to a question from CBS News anchor Mola Lenghi about whether or not her spending is hypocritical.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEither I spend $70,000 on private security over the last few months and I\u2019m here standing now, able to speak, able to help save 11 million people from being evicted, or I could possibly have a death attempt on my life. And we\u2019re also talking about the same exact people who say horrible things about me, who lie to build up their base, and then because they lie about me, I receive death threats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow they don\u2019t address the fact that I receive death threats after they go on air and say horrible things about me, but then they want to say, \u2018Oh but she wants private security, she needs private security.\u2019 I have private security because my body is worth being on this planet right now,\u201d Bush continued. \u201cI have private security because they, the white supremacists\u2019 racist narrative that they drive into this country. The fact that they don\u2019t care that this black woman that has put her life on the line. They can\u2019t match my energy first of all. This black woman who puts her life on the line, they don\u2019t care that I could be taken out of here. They actually probably are actually okay with that. But this is the thing. I won\u2019t let them get that off. You can\u2019t get that off. I will make sure I have security because I know I have had attempts on my life and I have too much work to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are too many people that need help right now for me to allow that. So if I end up spending $200,000, if I spend ten more dollars on it, you know what, I get to be here to do the work. So suck it up, and defunding the police has to happen. We need to defund the police and put that money into social safety nets, because we\u2019re trying to save lives,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Bush represents St. Louis and northern St. Louis County, which includes Ferguson, where she marched as a protester following the death of Michael Brown in 2014. St. Louis also saw a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/04\/st-louis-missouri-murder-rate-breaks-record-2020\/\">record<\/a> murder rate in 2020, with 87 per 100,000 residents. More than 90% of the 262 murder victims were black, according to police records. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/06\/02\/st-louis-protests-david-dorn-looted-pawn-shop-police-death\/\">(RELATED: Retired St. Louis Police Captain Found Shot Dead Outside Looted Store)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bush did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Missouri Rep. 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