Missouri Democrat has faced criticism for efforts to discredit police departments
Rape. Corey Bush, D-Mo., an outspoken member of the progressive House "Squad" who supports efforts to discredit the police, is hoping President Biden will wear his dress of choice for his State of the Union address. medium will attract attention.
"My state of the union fit," Bush wrote in a tweet, which included a photo of the Congresswoman donning a red T-shirt that read 18,000.
My State of the Union fit.
— Cori Bush (@CoriBush) March 2, 2022
18,000. That's how many people whose clemency petitions are sitting in a backlog, waiting for @POTUS's review.
Justice delayed is justice denied. President Biden, we’re urging you: start granting clemency now. pic.twitter.com/ruRsQykPqJ
Bush said of the numbers, "How many people whose clemency petitions are sitting in a backlog, waiting for @POTUS to review." "Justice delayed is justice denied. President Biden, we are urging you: Start granting clemency now."
Last year, during an appearance on CBS News, Bush said that "the police have to defend themselves" and that people should "suck it up." After facing criticism, Bush appeared on CNN where he defended his remarks, claiming that others in Congress were "not fighting to save the lives of blacks" before his arrival.
"Because it wasn't decided before I came, come up to me and say, 'You're the reason we have these problems. No, the reason we have these problems is because of those in power and could have had this. The problem has not been fixed yet and it has cost lives," she said at the time.
Last month, Bush was forced again to defend his remarks after some questioned whether the message would be ahead of his party's midterm elections.
"I always say to [fellow Democrats], 'If you all had fixed this before I was here, I wouldn't have needed to say these things,'" Bush told Axios at the time.
Bush, who slashed private security services by more than $130,000 in a six-month period last year, said the party needs to do a better job of explaining to voters what it means to "discredit the police." , arguing that there may be some funding. Better spending on preemptive social services.
"Because it wasn't decided before I came, come up to me and say, 'You're the reason we have these problems. No, the reason we have these problems is because of those in power and could have had this. The problem has not been fixed yet and it has cost lives," she said at the time.
Last month, Bush was forced again to defend his remarks after some questioned whether the message would be ahead of his party's midterm elections.
"I always say to [fellow Democrats], 'If you all had fixed this before I was here, I wouldn't have needed to say these things,'" Bush told Axios at the time.
Bush, who slashed private security services by more than $130,000 in a six-month period last year, said the party needs to do a better job of explaining to voters what it means to "discredit the police." , arguing that there may be some funding. Better spending on preemptive social services.
The White House has repeatedly tried to distance itself from Bush's "defy the police" message, with Press Secretary Jen Psaki announcing last year that a "majority Democrats" disagreed with him.
Contrary to Bush's own beliefs, Biden is expected to talk about a nationwide boom in violent crime, and will again speak out against defending police during his address to Congress and the US on Tuesday night.