Nearly two-thirds of Wesley Bell’s campaign money came from fundraising efforts by AIPAC\'s super PAC.
U.S. Rep. Cori Bush pauses prior to delivering her concession speech during a primary election watch party at Chévre Events on August 6, 2024, in St. Louis, Missouri.lost her reelection bid in Missouri’s 1st Congressional District on Tuesday to a Democratic primary candidate backed by a massive influx of spending fromthat in Tuesday’s race, AIPAC’s money was spent “on voter engagement efforts and phone banking in addition to digital and mail ads.
“AIPAC, I’m coming to tear your kingdom down,” said Bush. “And let me put all of these corporations on notice: I’m coming after you too. But I’m not coming by myself. I’m coming with all the people that’s in here, that’s doing the work.”"They about to see this other Cori, this other side," she said. "AIPAC, I'm coming to tear your kingdom down.
“We can’t bomb our way to peace, equality, and freedom,” Bush said as she introduced the resolution alongside her progressive House colleagues on October 16. “With thousands of lives lost and millions more at stake, we need a cease-fire now.”, said Tuesday that “without the deluge of misleading advertisements” attacking Bush, she “would be headed to Congress for another term next year.”
Our Revolution executive director Joseph Geevarghese echoed that message, saying in a statement that “tonight’s outcome puts the blatantly undemocratic nature of Democratic Party primaries on full display.”
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