Neon Nettle - Rep Cori Bush Praises Black Lives Matter Activist Who Called for Police to Be Killed - Missouri Democratic congresswoman celebrates far-left activist who calls for death of cops
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Missouri Democratic Rep. Cori Bush praised the Black Lives Matter activist who advocated “death” for police officers in 2014 and tweeted the BLM chant “pigs in a blanket fry ’em like bacon.”
Bush, a newly minted member of the “squad,” compared the ongoing conflict in Israel and Gaza with the Black Lives Matter movement during a speech on the House floor Thursday, reflecting on the life of Bassem Masri, who died in 2018, Fox News reported.
Bush described Masri as a “St. Louis Palestinian,” noting how he garnered national attention for live streaming heated exchanges between himself and Ferguson police officers following the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown Jr.
Updated: May 14 2021, 23:58 ET
DEMOCRAT Rep Cori Bush praised the late Black Lives Matter activist Bassem Masri who previously called for “pig” police officers to be “fried like bacon.”
During her speech on the House floor on Thursday, Bush was reflecting on Masri’s life as she was commenting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Gaza that intensified over the past few days.
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The Missouri congresswomen reflected on the life of the late Palestinian-American Bassem MasriCredit: Reuters
She described Masri as a “St Louis Palestinian” who live-streamed the exchanges he had with the Ferguson police during protests against police brutality that followed the Michael Brown Jr shooting in 2014.