Resting B Face
Posted on 08/05/2026 8:24:04 AM PDT by Red Badger
Ex-Democrat Congresswoman Cori Bush gave a fiery concession speech on Tuesday after losing her congressional comeback bid, saying her loss "pisses me off" before screaming about her tragic defeat.
Bush lost in a landslide last night.
NBC's Steve Kornacki called the race early for Bush's Democrat opponent, Wesley Bell, as he trounced her by 35 points with only 26% of the vote counted.
WATCH:
Bush was obviously still living in the past when she conceded the race.
"This is something, huh? So tonight, what we just walked through, what we just walked through, is an opportunity for the people to have their voice through a congressional seat because that's what we had from 2021 through 2025, January 3rd, in the morning, to be exact," she began with dramatic and somber pauses.
"And then January 23, I mean January 3, 2025, in the afternoon, that changed, and St. Louis lost. St. Louis, you deserve a representative that sees you, that hears you, that cares about every single one of you. That's why I'm looking at every single one of you, because you deserve that. That's the least. That's the lowest bar."
Bush continued, "And it pisses me off. It pisses me off that for the next two years, this community will be represented by someone that didn't deem you valuable enough to show up to one candidate forum where there were audience comments, even though I showed up to every one because I can speak up for my record, and I can speak against the lies and the smears! But he ran a whole campaign on smears and nothing about what he's done because he hasn't done anything, and nothing about what he will do because he doesn't know!"
Bush spent several minutes railing against her opponent and Republicans, who she claims used her opponent to "target" her district and stop her.
She then began screaming, "What this next two years is going to take first is for us to be informed. You all, we can't be asleep on this, what's happening! We cannot be asleep, St. Louis. You can't let respectability politics! You can't let that be what dictates who is your representative and who is going to serve you because respectability politics don't even see you!"
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Sounds like an SNL skit about stereotypical female ranting.
Her closet supporters here on FR are all upset that AIPAC got her scalp.
Don’t call it a comeback…
Resting B Face
And what’s the new guy like?
Meet the New Dem.
Same as the Old Dem..................
With all the Burka women running around, I imagine her street corner has already been taken. Maybe CNN still has a space open for a analist “expert”.
< “You can’t let respectability politics!” <
On the plus side, Cori Bush is fully qualified to be a speechwriter for Kamala Harris.
M-SNOW needs a replacement for Joy Reid....................
Respectable?
Cori Anika Bush is an American politician, nurse, pastor, and Black Lives Matter activist who served as the U.S. representative for Missouri’s 1st congressional district from 2021 to 2025. She is a member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America.
wy69
Quit wasting time and tell your supporters to start killing everyone who disagrees with you politically. This CWII thing is taking a LONG time to get started. I mean, tell us what you REALLY think, Cori.
She served two terms in Congress and she thinks she’s a god.........
And what’s the new guy like?
And when she gets beat fairways square its everybody else’s fault, she got cheated, racism blah blah blah.
Unfortunately like a bad penny, I’m afraid we’re not through hearing from this little twit.
If there’s one thing Democrats agree with Republicans on it’s this: No more Bushes
Put some ice on it, Cori.
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