'For me, it's about the mission': why Cori Bush is just getting started in Congress

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'For me, it’s about the mission’: why Cori Bush is just getting started in Congress

Missouri congresswoman says she was sent to Washington to disrupt the political order that had long stopped working for people like herself

Lauren Gambino
Thu 30 Dec 2021 04.00 EST

If the American political status quo was working, Congresswoman Cori Bush might not have slept on the steps of the US Capitol to demand an extension of a coronavirus-era eviction moratorium. She might not have testified about her decision to have an abortion, consigning the details of her experience to the official congressional record. Perhaps she might not have run for Congress at all.

But as the St Louis congresswoman sees it, she was sent to Washington to disrupt a political order that had long ago stopped working for people like herself – a nurse, pastor and activist who has worked for minimum wage, once lived out of a car and raised two children as a single mother. And she says she is only just getting started.

“I ran and I lost and I ran and I lost. I kept running because there was a mission behind it,” Bush said in an interview. “It wasn’t about me wanting to be somebody in Congress – I know some people have those aspirations – but, for me, it was more about the mission. And I have not completed that mission yet."

Halfway through an extraordinary first term, and gearing up for reelection, Bush is one of the most recognizable – and quotable – members of the House. Part of the progressive “Squad”, she believes deeply that her own personal hardships make her a better and more responsive representative. Her personal story is what connects her to her constituants and what sets her apart in Congress.

More at:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/30/cori-bush-congresswoman-missouri

[gab13by13]

1. We need more Cori Bush's

getting money out of politics is a big factor hard to overcome.

[aocommunalpunch]

2. She's the real deal.

Love her.

[Me.]

3. Disruption...

THe Dems are doing all they can to actively help people. Best to focus putting our energies on disrupting the Cons and running against them successfully.