Dem Rep. Cori Bush: ‘I’m Going to Make Sure I Have Security’ But ‘Defunding the Police Has to Happen’
The Ben Ferguson Podcast
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🗓️ 7 August 2021
⏱️ 27 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | There has been so much conversation happening about lockdowns, which I do believe are coming, |
| 0:05.3 | mass mandates, which are coming, shutting down our public schools, which I believe is coming, |
| 0:10.2 | forcing people to get the vaccine, which is happening. A major airline today, United, |
| 0:16.3 | has come out saying all of their employees must be vaccinated. We're going to deal with all that |
| 0:20.4 | in just a moment. But there's another story that is happening that is not being covered the way |
| 0:27.4 | it should. And that is there is still a full court press in this country to defund the police while |
| 0:33.0 | we are continuing to see astronomical numbers when it comes to violent crimes, murder rates, |
| 0:40.4 | rape rates, home invasion rates. These violent criminals across the country are realizing no one |
| 0:50.8 | stopping them. And maybe it's because we're focused on this other issue so much. But democratic |
| 0:57.7 | representative Corey Bush, who is demanding that we de-fund the police, had a very awkward moment |
| 1:04.5 | with CBS news. She is aiming to transform policing with a new bill. |
| 1:12.5 | But there's a question. You're spending a lot of money on private security. |
| 1:17.1 | Why are you advancing a defund the police bill through Congress right now when you're spending |
| 1:23.7 | over 70,000 hours in private security? Well, her answer at least was an honest one. Her life is |
| 1:31.7 | worth more than any one of you out there in America. I'm going to make sure I have security because I |
| 1:36.8 | know I have had attempts on my life. And I have too much work to do. There are too many people |
| 1:41.5 | that need help right now for me to allow that. So if I end up spending 200,000, if I spend 10, |
| 1:48.2 | 10, 10 more dollars on it, you know what? I get to be here to do the work. So suck it up and defund |
| 1:54.0 | the police has to happen. We need to defund the police and put that money into social safety. |
| 1:59.6 | Yeah, so suck it up. Now you can imagine there were a lot of people that heard this. They're like, |
| 2:04.6 | what in the hell is she talking about? Suck it up. Fox Business Channel's Maria Bartoromo had on |
| 2:10.6 | it the ex-New York Police Department Commissioner and asked him what he thought about these comments |
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