[MSN] Democratic Missouri Representative Cori Bush, a member of the progressive "Squad," on Sunday called America "racist AF," after she backed defunding the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department."Our communities wouldn't have needed to spark a national movement to save Black lives if America weren't racist AF," Bush tweeted Sunday afternoon.
The congresswoman's remarks come two days after she praised a "historic" vote to defund the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.
Born in St. Louis, Bush represents Missouri's 1st congressional district that includes all of the city of St. Louis and a large part of northern St. Louis County.
St. Louis is ranked by Neighborhood Scout as one of the country's most dangerous cities.
| Worse than Chicago, Detroit, New York City, San Francisco...? Wow. |
A proposal by Democratic Mayor Tishaura Jones
...Cop-hating Dem heronner da mare of St. Louis. Chicago and Baltimore needed some competition for murder capital...to reallocate $4 million from the police budget to affordable housing initiatives and defund The Workhouse, a medium security penitentiary, has passed the Board of Estimate and Apportionment in a 2-1 vote.
Next, the plan will go through St. Louis' legislative body, the Board of Aldermen, for debate and amendments, according to Fox News.
In a statement on Friday, Bush said: "Today's decision to defund the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department is historic. It marks a new future for our city."