Cori Anika Bush was born on July 21,1976 and is an American politician, nurse, pastor, and Black Lives Matter activist serving as the US representative for.
27 Facts About Cori Bush
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Cori Bush is the first African-American woman to serve in the US House of Representatives from Missouri.
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Cori Bush previously ran in the Democratic primary for the district in 2018 and the 2016 US Senate election in Missouri.
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Cori Bush was featured in the 2019 Netflix documentary Knock Down the House, which covered her first primary challenge to Clay.
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Cori Bush is a member of The Squad in the House of Representatives.
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Cori Bush was born on July 21,1976, in St Louis and graduated from Cardinal Ritter College Prep High School in 1994.
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Cori Bush earned a Diploma in Nursing from the Lutheran School of Nursing in 2008.
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In 2011, Cori Bush established the Kingdom Embassy International Church in St Louis, Missouri.
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Cori Bush became a political activist in the 2014 Ferguson unrest, during which she worked as a triage nurse and organizer.
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Cori Bush has said she was hit by a police officer.
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Cori Bush is a Nonviolence 365 Ambassador with the King Center for Nonviolent Social Change.
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Cori Bush was a candidate for the 2016 United States Senate election in Missouri.
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In 2018, Cori Bush launched a primary campaign against incumbent Democratic representative Lacy Clay in.
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Cori Bush's campaign was featured in the Netflix documentary Knock Down the House, alongside those of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Amy Vilela, and Paula Jean Swearengin.
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Cori Bush was endorsed by progressive organizations, including Justice Democrats, Sunrise Movement, and Brand New Congress, and she received personal endorsements from Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, NY-16 Democratic nominee Jamaal Bowman, former Ohio state Senator Nina Turner, activist Angela Davis, and West Virginia Democratic Senate nominee Paula Jean Swearengin.
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Cori Bush narrowly defeated Clay in the primary election in what was widely seen as an upset.
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On January 6,2021, hours after rioters stormed the US Capitol in a failed bid to overturn Donald Trump's loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 election, Cori Bush introduced a resolution to remove every Republican who supported attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election from the House of Representatives.
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In September 2021, Cori Bush was among 38 House Democrats to vote against the National Defense Authorization Act of 2022.
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Cori Bush was among 51 House Democrats to vote against the final passage of the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act.
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In July 2022, Cori Bush was one of 77 House Democrats to vote for an amendment that would have cut the proposed defense budget by $100 billion.
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Cori Bush threatened to withhold her vote for the budget if FTA funds were not included.
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Cori Bush is a progressive Democrat, supporting policies such as defunding the police, criminal justice and police reform, abortion rights, Medicare for All, a $15 minimum wage, tuition-free state college and trade school, and canceling student debt.
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Cori Bush was endorsed by, and is a member of, the Democratic Socialists of America.
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Greene accused Cori Bush of calling for violence against a couple involved in the controversial July 2020 march through a gated St Louis street.
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In February 2023, Cori Bush married Cortney Merritts, a security specialist and US Army veteran.
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In May 2021, Cori Bush testified to the House Oversight and Reform Committee that during her first pregnancy, she informed her doctor of severe pain but was ignored, and as a result went into pre-term labor.
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Cori Bush attributed this to "harsh and racist treatment" that Black women face during pregnancy and childbirth.