Cori Bush: “In my opening statement, I spoke of my constituents in marginalized communities who bear the brunt of the high cost of…”

When the disaster caused $1.6 billion in damages and took several lives, Wesley responded by hopping on a flight to Israel funded by Trump’s donors less than 90 days later.

I put myself on the line with that. But history recorded that, and now we can look back and say, maybe if we had those things right now, we wouldn’t be looking at a president who some people voted for because of the price of eggs.

Did I call them fascists? No. There was a rise in fascism, starting with the Trump administration.

This cycle, the momentum met me. The community asked me to run. The community came to me and said, ‘Cori, where is our fighter?’