Cori Bush Becomes Second Squad Member to Lose 2024 Primary

Cori Bush of Missouri, perhaps the most combative member of the U.S. House’s “Squad” of outspokenly progressive Democrats, narrowly lost her seat in an August 6 primary to St. Louis prosecutor Wesley Bell, who benefited from very heavy spending by a PAC associated with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). Both Bell and the United Democracy Project, which spent over $8 million on his behalf, took issue with Bush’s uninhibited criticism of Israel’s...