On the record · Updated October 1, 2026
former Congresswoman and candidate
27 things Cori Bush said, verbatim, from March 29, 2026 to August 8, 2026, each linked to where it ran. Grouped by the story each one belongs to.
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“When I first entered Congress, people didn’t even want to hear us say the word Palestine, and now so many people are recognizing Palestine. So many people are recognizing that what happened could have been avoided. So many lives could be saved right now had people listened,”
on growing recognition of Palestine among lawmakers since she entered Congress
TheGrio Cori Bush wants her seat back. She says this time the moment is different. ›
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“But will Wesley Bell call out those who won’t stand against anti-Muslim sentiment, even in our own community? Will he stand up and fight for the liberation of the Palestinian people?”
Associated Press Cori Bush/Wesley Bell rematch sets up key test for Dems in Missouri ›
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“What they’re talking about is less than what someone would be paid for a part-time job,”
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“The Politivist team is on the ground, providing supplies, checking on families, and showing up for those who've been left behind,”
Fox News Defeated progressive ‘Squad’ lawmaker in hot seat for non-profit’s missing paper trail ›
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“We’re going back to DC, and we’ll do it with no corporate cash or AIPAC funded-trips,”
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“Saying, ‘Cori, I just didn’t understand. I didn’t understand the ads. I didn’t understand what was being said about you. I didn’t know who AIPAC was.’”
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“Wesley Bell doesn’t know how to fight for us. Even worse, while we were still hurting, he abandoned us, jetting off to Israel with AIPAC,”
on primary opponent Wesley Bell's trip to Israel with AIPAC
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“People are beginning to understand that — much like the crypto industry, AI, Big Oil, and Big Pharma — AIPAC has become yet another way for MAGA-donors to divide the Democratic base by meddling in primaries”
on AIPAC spending in Democratic primaries against progressive candidates
The Forward Cori Bush promised to bury AIPAC. Her rematch with Wesley Bell in Missouri tests that. ›
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“Wesley Bell is a former Republican campaign manager who is bought and paid for by AIPAC”
on Wesley Bell's past GOP work and AIPAC-funded campaign backing
The Forward Cori Bush promised to bury AIPAC. Her rematch with Wesley Bell in Missouri tests that. ›
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“The activist brings that constant push, that moxie, that persistence”
The 19th Cori Bush’s primary loss further hurts Black women’s chances for representation in Congress ›
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“If Jamaal and I would still be in Congress, we’d still be voting no on some of these bills, and … people would just be going on as if Aipac was not still influencing elections,”
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“So I do think the tide has changed. People are saying we don’t want AIPAC or big crypto, big real estate, big pharma, big oil, war, whoever. We don’t want any of them dictating our elections. So the tide has turned tremendously, and look at all the candidates running.”
TheGrio Cori Bush wants her seat back. She says this time the moment is different. ›
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“... What I'm hearing is people say, 'Well, we're talking about fighting fascism, we don't need the fascism that comes along with a Donald Trump presidency, but I feel like I'm seeing fascism right now, you know, with a Joe Biden presidency and a Vice President Harris presidency.' It's a struggle.”
on Democratic primary voters weighing fascism concerns under Biden and Harris versus Trump
USA Today 'Never been friends': Missouri primary rematch features Democratic rifts ›
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“I had to run again, first because the community asked me to run,”
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“She brings conscience to politics, which is really missing right now, understanding people who are struggling and being left behind. This is like a people’s campaign — the people against the money. If we truly believe in democracy, we’ve gotta make this happen.”
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“They want the funding here. They want to keep St. Louis dollars, they want to keep First District dollars here. My base of support are those who do not live in a place of hate.”
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“It’s not that they’re necessarily scared of me. They’re scared of what comes with me. They’re scared of y’all,”
on her Missouri primary rematch against Wesley Bell
Associated Press Cori Bush/Wesley Bell rematch sets up key test for Dems in Missouri ›
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“Jamaal Bowman says it best: He said that Chris Rabb gave a jab to AIPAC. He says that Darializa and Claire … they gave uppercuts to AIPAC,”
on progressive primary wins Cori Bush frames as blows to AIPAC
The Forward Cori Bush to fellow progressives: My reelection would be ‘the knockout’ punch to AIPAC ›
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“But right now, having a counterweight to AIPAC and … the big cryptocurrency folks and big real estate, big pharma, the war profiteers, ICE contractors … will be useful to us because often one of the issues we have is we are grassroots.”
CNN How a new super PAC formed to counter AIPAC is fueling democratic socialists’ wins ›
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“I truly believe that we need to get the big money out of politics,”
on wanting to remove big money's influence over political campaigns
CNN How a new super PAC formed to counter AIPAC is fueling democratic socialists’ wins ›
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“It was interrupted by big money. It was interrupted by AIPAC and their allies who made the decision that they didn’t want this activist, this advocate, who had been speaking out against war and imperialism, that had been speaking out against a genocide in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli government.”
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“I’m so proud to have DSA by my side, united in our fight against price gouging, big real estate, and billionaires influencing our politics,”
on DSA's endorsement against price gouging, big real estate and billionaire political influence
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“There was someone that is no longer with the DOJ who we were told said, ‘Well, we just have to keep looking. Let’s look into her husband now,’ because the target was me.”
on Cori Bush alleging a DOJ probe into her husband as part of targeting her
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“We’re standing here saying, send back that descendant, send her back to the place that enslaved people built,”
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“I’m also going to go back and fight for the Equal Rights Amendment. I was the lead sponsor, along with my sister Ayanna Pressley, in the Congress. First time in history,”
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“When we look at the protections with that, discrimination in the workplace based upon sex, in education, in housing, and then also trans rights, abortion rights, so much is up under that equal rights amendment,”
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“We condemn anti-Semitism. We condemn anti-Muslim hate, behavior and rhetoric at every chance we get,”
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