In her concession speech this week, Missouri Democratic Rep. Cori Bush slammed the nation’s largest pro-Israel group, warning them that they “should be afraid.”
Bush, who lost this week’s primary to a pro-Israel Democratic candidate funded by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), warned that the group’s influence on the election had “radicalised” her.
In his concession speech, President Bush denounced AIPAC, saying, “They should be afraid, because all they’ve done is radicalize me.”
‘Squad’ Senator Cori Bush loses tough primary against pro-Israel Democrats
Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) gave her concession speech at a primary viewing party at the Chevre Events in St. Louis, Missouri. (Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images)
“AIPAC, I am coming to destroy your kingdom,” President Bush declared, “and I’m coming after all these corporations: I am coming after you too!”
Bush, a controversial lawmaker who rose to prominence through the Black Lives Matter movement, lost his bid for a third term after Democratic voters appointed St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell to the seat representing the city of St. Louis and parts of St. Louis County.
Pro-Israel groups have spent millions of dollars trying to unseat President Bush, a vocal critic of the Gaza war and the Jewish state.
Right celebrates defeat of Squad leader Cori Bush, left rebels over AIPAC spending
“Wesley Bell, the St. Louis County Democratic prosecutor, said in an interview in Clayton, Missouri. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
In his concession speech, Bush said that by leaving Congress he would be free of the “constraints” that had prevented him from taking on AIPAC in earnest.
“Because now there are conditions that I have put on them,” Bush said. “I love my job, but all they did was radicalize me. They should be afraid now.”
Bell’s campaign got a big boost from a pro-Israel super PAC, whose super political action committee, the United Democracy Project, spent $8.5 million to oust Bush.
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Rep. Cori Bush lost Tuesday’s Democratic primary to St. Louis County Attorney Wesley Bell. (Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images)
AIPAC attacked Bush as a weak candidate because he repeatedly criticized Israel’s response to the Oct. 7 Hamas attack.
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In June, the United Democracy Project spent $15 million to defeat another Squad member, Bowman, but he lost to George Latimer, a pro-Israel centrist.
Fox News Digital’s Chris Pandolfo contributed to this report.
