Another Squad member on the chopping block resorted to an ‘any means necessary’ approach to hold her seat that amounted to peak race hustling via the “hands up, don’t shoot” hoax.
The top of the ballot wasn’t the only place where the Democratic Party was struggling to show unity as an upcoming primary threatened to boot another sitting member from Capitol Hill. With Missouri Rep. Cori Bush’s Washington, D.C. career on the line, the leftist took aim at her equally progressive opponent with an endorsement from the father of the deceased Michael Brown.
Joining Bush for a 30-second spot, Michael Brown Sr. and his daughter appeared in an advertisement calling out St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell who had once vowed to get justice for the family after the 18-year-old Brown had been killed in 2014 by then-Officer Darren Wilson.
“After the murder of my son, Wesley Bell promised to pursue justice for my family,” said the father as his daughter added ahead of the 10th anniversary of Brown’s death, “My brother deserved justice.”
Two weeks from today is the 10th anniversary of Michael Brown’s death.
His family deserves accountability for his killing. We fought for it. They were promised it. And that promise was broken.
His still grieving family deserves this platform to share their story. pic.twitter.com/6pOxXT58L7
— Cori Bush (@CoriBush) July 26, 2024
As had previously been reported when attorney Benjamin Crump had attempted to capitalize on what would have been Brown’s 27th birthday in May 2023, a community note detailed, “The Department of Justice investigation into the death of Brown found the evidence consistent with the officer’s statement that Brown attacked the officer in his car and later lunged at the officer. Witnesses largely testified that Brown was not shot while his hands were up.”
This didn’t stop the endorsing family members from griping that Bell’s own five-month review of the incident where he had considered manslaughter and murder charges resulted neither being pinned to the cop in what the attorney had referred to as “one of the most significant moments in St. Louis’s history.”
“I feel like he lied to us,” said Brown Sr. “He never brought charges against the killer. He never walked the streets of Ferguson with me. He failed to reform the office. He used my family for power and now he’s trying to sell out St. Louis. He doesn’t care about us.”
“Cori Bush does,” added his daughter before Bush was seen beside him, approving of the message.
Meanwhile, after fellow Squad member New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman had lost his June 25 primary to Westchester County Executive George Latimer, Bell had scored a significant endorsement of his own against the incumbent before the Aug. 6 primary.
Published Thursday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial board endorsed the attorney, knocking the Hamas-sympathizing Bush for being all talk and no action as they cited how her “almost immediate induction into the small clique of progressive House rabble-rousers positioned her as a darling of fringe-left activists — and thus irrelevant to what actually happens in Washington.”
“Bell,” the board went on,”…arose from the same Ferguson protest movement that Bush did and touts mostly the same progressive stances. But he actually walks the walk, getting elected to the Ferguson City Council in the wake of the protests and working toward police reforms such as body cameras and external investigation of police brutality allegations.”
It was also noted that “Bell has worked with police instead of vilifying them and has significantly increased homicide prosecutions relative to his predecessor. He has shown that a more progressive approach to law enforcement doesn’t have to mean rejecting the very concept of law enforcement.”
According to a poll reported earlier in July, Bush was suffering a 23-point deficit against Bell. Her use of the family for her political aspirations was slammed on social media.
One more thing, the fact that you’re using this grieving family and pumping them full of lies is disgusting and it’s even more disgusting that you’re doing it as a political stunt to try to keep yourself from getting primaried. Shame on you!
— Dougj2 (@dougj2) July 27, 2024
You must be kidding.
Shame on you for using the Brown family for cheap political points.
The shooting of Michael Brown was investigated extensively. Even the Obama administration cleared the police of wrong doing.
Sit Down.
— Robrob Rob (@Robrob_robrob) July 26, 2024
The criminal grift that keeps on gritting.
— Hypocrisy Sucks (@hypocrisy_sucks) July 27, 2024
Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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