Thank you Cori!
Democrat Cori Bush is a STAR… in the NRCC’s new attack ad on vulnerable Democrats.
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GOP latches on to Cori Bush’s private security spending
Playbook PM
Rachael Bade, Garrett Ross, & Eli Okun
August 5, 2021
HOT ON THE RIGHT: CORI BUSH DEFENDS HER OWN SECURITY FUNDING WHILE BACKING ‘DEFUND THE POLICE’ — Republicans are salivating over a new interview in which Rep. CORI BUSH (D-Mo.) defended spending $70k on private security for herself as a member of Congress — while also saying Democrats should defund the police.
“I’m going to make sure I have security,” Bush said in a CBSN interview blowing up on Twitter. “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.”
Our sources tell us that the NRCC has already started weaving Bush’s interview into their attack ads on frontline House Democrats. As part of the effort, they released a new video juxtaposing the rise in crime nationwide with Bush’s comments, which they’ll be blasting out this afternoon. “Vote them out. November 8, 2022,” the video reads at the end.
“We want to thank Cori Bush for reminding everyone [that] Democrats are the party of Defund the Police,” said NRCC spokesman MICHAEL MCADAMS in a statement. “While violent crime ravages communities, Democrats are spending campaign dollars on private security for themselves.”
…[C]omments like Bush’s have been potent for the GOP in swing districts.
The attack comes just after Bush’s standout moment: The former Black Lives Matter organizer’s sleep-in on the Capitol steps was widely credited with forcing the Biden administration to extend the eviction moratorium after it expired last weekend. It also comes as Republicans increasingly use members of the “Squad” — all of whom, Democrats note, are women of color — as political boogeymen in competitive seats. And with the “defund the police” message so politically toxic for Democrats in swing seats, you can expect Republicans to keep highlighting Bush’s remarks.