Squad Member Bush Vows to Fight Pro-Israel Group After Loss

  • Democrat and ‘squad’ member is an outspoken critic of Israel
  • Opponent Wesley Bell implored voters to ‘stand with Israel’
Representative Cori Bush, during a news conference with pro-Palestinian students from George Washington University outside the US Capitol on May 8. Photographer: Allison Robbert/Bloomberg
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US Representative Cori Bush said that she will go after the American Israel Public Affairs Committee after she lost a bitter and expensive primary battle driven by Democratic divisions over the war in Gaza.

“AIPAC, I’m coming to tear your kingdom down,” the Missouri Democrat said in a fiery speech following her defeat to local prosecutor Wesley Bell.