Mom, wife, pastor, and former nurse running to represent the people of Missouri’s 1st District in Congress. St. Louis Strong. ✊🏾 info@coribush.org
St. Louis, MO
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Save the Date!
Cori’s turning 50 THIS SUMMER!!! We’re celebrating by calling all activists, supporters, and fighters for justice to join our Cross Country Caravan for Cori!
On the weekend of July 18th, we’re inviting everyone from across the nation to STL for two days of action to send Cori back to Congress.
We’ll rally, knock doors, and organize our communities to send a true fighter for the people of St. Louis back to DC.
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What does it mean when they boo the Black congresswoman denouncing white supremacy?
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A maskless Marjorie Taylor Greene & her staff berated me in a hallway. She targeted me & others on social media.
I'm moving my office away from hers for my team's safety.
I've called for the expulsion of members who incited the insurrection from Day 1. Bring H.Res 25 to a vote.
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Rep. Greene also posted a video where Rep. Bush can be heard speaking to Rep. Greene first. While both claim to be “berated” by the other, the video is inconclusive of either side being berated. However, there’s no known context of the incident prior to Rep. Greene’s video
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My first resolution in Congress will be to call for the expulsion of the Republican members of Congress who incited this domestic terror attack on the Capitol.
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I don’t want to unite with those responsible for the insurrection at our nation’s Capitol. I want us to unite in holding them accountable.
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Expel the Republican members of Congress who incited the white supremacist attempted coup.
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It’s not divisive to call out white supremacy. What’s divisive is to not work to eliminate it.
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6 years ago today, we found out that Mike Brown and his family would not receive justice. That same night, I was stomped by police in the streets of Ferguson.
6 weeks from now, I will be sworn into the House of Representatives to legislate in defense of Black lives.
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President Trump will not receive any medical bills for his COVID-19 treatment.
Neither should any of us.
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It’s simple, really. We want to cancel student and medical debt because we believe education and healthcare are human rights.
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The First.
ALT Cori Bush standing in front of a painting of Shirley Chisholm, holding up a #1 on her hand.
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I just introduced H.Res. 25.
It would, under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, investigate and expel the GOP members of Congress who attempted to overturn the election and incited a white supremacist attack.
Call your rep to sign on. We can’t have unity without accountability.
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On Friday night, I came to the Capitol with my chair. I refused to accept that Congress could leave for vacation while 11 million people faced eviction.
For 5 days, we’ve been out here, demanding that our government acts to save lives.
Today, our movement moved mountains.
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I don't understand how it’s considered radical for progressives to fight for an equitable society, but it’s accepted that Senate Republicans would rather take a vacation for Thanksgiving and let thousands of people die from the virus than pass relief.
Who’s really radical here?
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Republicans called the valid votes of Black, brown and Indigenous voters across this country “fraud” because they couldn’t believe that, in the middle of a pandemic, we overcame all of their attempts to disenfranchise us.
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Schools should be free of police and full of counselors, nurses, mental health professionals, and social workers.
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Tomorrow, I’m introducing my resolution to expel the members of Congress who tried to overturn the election and incited a white supremacist coup attempt that has left people dead. They have violated the 14th Amendment.
We can’t have unity without accountability.
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You should care as much about Breonna Taylor’s death as you do Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s.
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As a survivor, I am thinking about how Brett Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas are credibly accused of having violated and harassed women and are now the ones about to deny us our right to abortion care.
Abusers do not belong in public office. Period.
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For the single-parent living paycheck to paycheck
For those in the streets standing up for Black lives
For the Black girl in MO who has never had a representative who looks like her in Congress
For those who don't always get a seat at the table
I will always be your champion.
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Thrifted IS congressional.
ALT Cori Bush holds up a shirt for a clothing rack. She is standing in an aisle of a thrift shop
ALT Cori Bush tries on a blazer at a thrift shop.
ALT Cori Bush looks at clothes in a thrift shop.
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Israeli forces launched missiles at Al Aqsa Hospital where displaced Palestinians were sheltering in tents and receiving the very limited healthcare services available. ISRAELI FORCES BURNED THEM ALIVE! Can you see the hand? This is the extermination of a whole people! 💔
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Starvation wages forced me to live in my car with my two babies.
Starvation wages left me making decisions between keeping the lights on and food on the table.
Stop blaming unemployment benefits for worker shortages and start paying people a livable wage.
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I’ve survived sexual assault, police abuse, domestic violence, and being unhoused and uninsured. That's not a unique pain I carry. It's one that so many of us live with each day.
Today, I take my seat in Congress to fight for a world where nobody has to endure that pain.
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I refuse to normalize an anti-democratic process where a few rich, predominantly white individuals negotiate behind closed doors for most of 2020 and give the rest of us a few hours to consider the 5,593 page result of their secret negotiations.
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I was unhoused and forced to live out of my car with my two babies.
Today, as the St. Louis Congresswoman, I introduced The Unhoused Bill of Rights, which declares the rights of unhoused people, and would end the unhoused crisis by 2025.
This is a surreal feeling.
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Jeff Bezos is worth $182 billion and the fact that he chooses to do everything within his power to keep the 5,800 predominantly Black workers in Alabama from unionizing for humane working conditions proves that he knows he didn't earn his fortune. He exploited workers for it.
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How it started: How it's going:
ALT Cori Bush stands with a megaphone at a protest
ALT Cori Bush standing in front of the Capitol Building
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When we use social services, we’re not taking a handout. We’re just using services we already paid for with our own taxes.
If we want to talk about handouts, let’s talk about the tax breaks given to billionaires. Those are handouts.
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1. Legalize cannabis. Tax it.
2. Free anybody who's been imprisoned for it.
3. Use that tax revenue to begin funding reparations.
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Many of my Democratic colleagues chose to go on vacation early today rather than staying to vote to keep people in their homes.
I’ll be sleeping outside the Capitol tonight. We’ve still got work to do.
ALT Selfie of Cori Bush outside the Capitol.
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Republicans are going to act like the difference between $600 and $1,200 is no big deal. This is infuriating.
I’ve been unhoused. I’ve lived paycheck-to-paycheck. The difference of $600 is having a hotel room or sleeping in the car.
$1,200 was already the compromise.
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Josh Hawley said he was doing this for the people of Missouri. Let me tell you something, Josh. You are supposed to represent St. Louis too, but you do not speak for us.
You have blood on your hands, and that’s why I’m calling for your removal from Congress.
From our Francis Chung, Sen. Josh Hawley greeting protesters in the east side of the Capitol before riots began.
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It’s Day One, so I’m wearing my “Breonna Taylor” mask.
A few of my Republican colleagues have called me Breonna, assuming that’s my name.
It hurts. But I’m glad they’ll come to know her name & story because of my presence here.
Breonna must be central to our work in Congress.
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Senators are the jurors in the former president’s trial, but how can you be a juror if you were an accomplice to the crime?
Looking at you, Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz.
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Dang he meant that. Looks as if he’s been holding that in for a while and finally was able to let it rip. Like he practiced in the mirror to hit that angle just right.
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To my colleagues who won't go through the metal detectors:
Have you ever had a job before? If you work at McDonald’s and you don’t wear the uniform, you don’t work that day.
If you won’t abide by the rules of this job, go find another one 👋🏾
.@CoriBush to her colleagues in Congress who refused to go through metal detectors:
“If they want a bye for the simple things this job calls for, then go find another one.”
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Today, there are no Black women in the U.S. Senate because our nation’s second-ever Black woman senator is now becoming our first-ever Black woman VP.
Black women shouldn't have to sacrifice our representation at one table to have a seat at another. Elect more Black women.
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My team and I are safe. I am in disbelief. I can’t believe domestic terrorists are roaming around inside the Capitol.
I’m remembering being brutalized and treated like a domestic terrorist just for protesting to keep my people alive.
St. Louis: you’re in my heart right now.
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From 1619 to 1865, the US benefited from over 222 million hours of unpaid, dehumanizing, forced labor by enslaved black people per scholars. This labor- primarily the production of tobacco, rice, sugar, and cotton- would be valued at over $97 trillion today. Built off the backs.
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Cori Bush urges Betsy DeVos to “not let the door hit you on the way out.”
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The reality of being a regular person going to Congress is that it’s really expensive to get the business clothes I need for the Hill. So I’m going thrift shopping tomorrow.
Should I do a fashion show? ⬇️
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Sis. It's Cori, the St. Louis Congresswoman. We’ve gotta talk about these Republicans. DM me your number!
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Abolish the filibuster. Codify Roe. Expand the Supreme Court. Protect abortion rights by any means necessary.
We need all of the above. This is an emergency.
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I hope this is a legitimate offer to the 25,000 people who were lined up at a food bank in your state last week. Or to the Texas National Guard helping El Paso with morgue overflow.
You’re on a paid vacation while your constituents are starving and dying.
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Derek Chauvin is on trial.
America is on trial.
Our criminal-legal system is on trial.
George Floyd is not on trial.
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I know you’re not used to these, but they’re called consequences, Josh. And you’re handling them very poorly. Resign.
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St. Louis, it is the honor of my life to represent you in Congress, and it will be my privilege to continue serving you as your Congresswoman.
I love you.
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I've lived paycheck to paycheck.
When I couldn't pay rent, I was evicted.
When I had COVID-19, I fell into medical debt.
When I couldn't afford my taxes, my nursing license was suspended.
Trump didn't pay taxes, but he gets free housing, healthcare, and the presidency.
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For the first time ever, the House took a vote on whether or not to end the cruelty of denying incarcerated people their right to vote. Our amendment didn’t pass, but 97 Democrats voted with us.
We will not stop fighting until we dismantle white supremacy in all of its forms.
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Did I just hear that I’m going to be joining @AOC, @AyannaPressley, and @RashidaTlaib on the House Oversight & Reform Committee?
If @KatiePorterOC can bring her whiteboard—can I bring my bullhorn?
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This has moved past the insurrection attempt. We’ve learned that GOP members gave tours to insurrectionists, coordinated with their leaders, and are trying to carry guns on the House floor.
They're putting barriers around the Capitol, but the threat is on the inside right now.
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Cori Bush slams Betsy DeVos for owning a $40 million yacht, calls it a “classist display of excess by someone who has spent her life defunding our schools and exploiting our students for profit.”
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Yes, it’s the 14th Amendment, and it’s why I’m introducing a resolution to investigate and expel the members who attempted to overturn the presidential election and incited a white supremacist coup attempt.
If you agree, call your representative and ask them to cosponsor it.
Yes, remember that the United States Constitution says that “no Person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress” who “shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against" the Constitution, “or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof."
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They had the money for endless wars.
They had the money for Wall Street bailouts.
They have the money for pandemic survival checks.
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“Back the Blue” Senators voted to acquit the former president after they helped incite a white supremacist insurrection that left police officers dead.
It was never about “Blue Lives” mattering. It was just about making sure Black lives don’t.
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My abusive former partner nearly choked me to death. The stigma led me to not report it. I regret I didn't.
The pandemic has led to spikes in domestic violence—and the holiday season is especially dangerous.
You aren't alone.
National Domestic Violence Hotline:
1-800-799-7233
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With all due respect, Mr. President—let’s talk about losing people. We lost Michael Brown Jr. We lost Breonna Taylor. We’re losing our loved ones to police violence.
It’s not a slogan. It’s a mandate for keeping our people alive. Defund the police.
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URGENT: We just found out that the House will vote tomorrow on my and @MondaireJones’ amendment to restore the right to vote to people who are incarcerated.
5.2 million people are barred from voting due to felony disenfranchisement. Tell your representative this can’t wait.
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To our Asian neighbors, family, and friends. I know that the world seems more scary today. More cruel. Know that we love you.
We mourn those killed last night in Atlanta with you. We will dismantle white supremacy alongside you.
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Say it louder so @HawleyMO hears us too.
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“I must remind you that starving a child is violence. Neglecting school children is violence. Punishing a mother and her family is violence... Ignoring medical need is violence. Contempt for poverty is violence.”
- Coretta Scott King
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Senate to-do list:
1. Abolish the filibuster and pass COVID-19 relief for our communities.
2. Convict Trump.
3. Legislate like Democrats control the White House, Senate, and the House of Representatives. Because we do.
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When they say that the 4th of July is about American freedom, remember this: the freedom they’re referring to is for white people.
This land is stolen land and Black people still aren’t free.
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The COVID-19 vaccine should be free to all because all healthcare should be free to all.
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I stand with Simone Biles.
I still stand with Naomi Osaka.
Your health and peace matters. You’re reminding Black women that we can take the space we need for ourselves.
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When I had COVID-19, I could barely breathe. My friend @DrDooleyMD called to check on me, heard me struggling to speak, and said she was calling an ambulance. I begged her not to because I couldn’t afford it.
Nobody should have to make that decision. We need Medicare for All.
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Environmental justice is housing justice.
Environmental justice is health justice.
Environmental justice is climate justice.
Environmental justice is Indigenous justice.
Environmental justice is racial justice.
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I wonder if any of the members who booed me for denouncing white supremacy are the same ones I’m working to hold accountable for trying to overturn the election and inciting the insurrection.
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To my Republican colleagues who have refused to condemn white supremacy: does your silence speak to your agreement?
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On Jan. 13 — after members tested positive for COVID-19 after being locked down with her on Jan. 6 — Marjorie Taylor Greene came up from behind me, loud and unmasked. I called out to her to put hers on.
Her staff yelled at me, “Stop inciting violence with Black Lives Matter.”
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Our hope is that this verdict will be a small step towards accountability. But that’s just about accountability, not justice.
For us, justice would be George Floyd alive today.
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This is Scott Fairlamb. In June, he threatened my life on social media. We identified him as a threat then, and still, on January 6th, he attacked the Capitol.
I don’t want to think about what would’ve happened had he found me that day.
This is white supremacy in action.
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We need to pass the $15 minimum wage immediately. Then we need to get right back to work to raise it to an actual livable wage.
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It’s more expensive to be poor than it is to be wealthy in this country. That’s what we’re fighting to change.
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When Philando Castile was murdered by police at a traffic stop in 2016, Minnesota invested $12 million in police training.
Where was that training when they killed Daunte Wright just 10 miles from where Derek Chauvin sits on trial for murdering George Floyd?
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Convict Trump and expel anyone in Congress who aided and abetted in inciting the white supremacist insurrectionist attack on our democracy.
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The judge. The jury. The defendant.
It’s white supremacy in action.
This system isn’t built to hold white supremacists accountable. It’s why Black and brown folks are brutalized and put in cages while white supremacist murderers walk free.
I’m hurt. I’m angry. I’m heartbroken.
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Student debt pandemic relief expires at the end of December.
January would be great time to go ahead and cancel all of it.
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The people deserve to know why they are being denied $2,000 / month survival checks.
COVID-19 relief should not be debated behind closed doors.
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Black women did this—but this isn't just "Black Girl Magic." This is the result of pure organizing, labor, and love that Black women have poured into GA.
Gratitude to every one of my sisters who willed the possibilities of this moment into existence. We see you and we love you.
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Doctors didn't believe me when I told them I was in pain, and then you were born 4 months premature. You spent the first days of your life on a ventilator.
Today, you celebrate your 21st birthday. Happy birthday, son. I love you.
ALT Cori Bush holds her infant son's hand while he is in an incubator.
ALT Cori Bush's son takes a selfie. He's wearing glasses and has a hoodie and jacket on.
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When Josh Hawley was Missouri AG, he refused to charge the jail guards who murdered Tory Sanders, a Black man, by kneeling on his neck.
@HawleyMO didn’t just get blood on his hands now—it’s been there. White supremacy allowed him to go on without consequence.
Not on my watch.
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