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Cori Bush

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Is The Squad dead? Cori Bush on the future of progressive politics

But I don't believe that the country is moving to this place of conservatism where, you know, we are pushing aside, you know, wanting because let's be clear what, you know, what progressivism is. We're saying that we want each and every person to have power. access to clean water and clean air. We want a rise, an increase in minimum wage.

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Is The Squad dead? Cori Bush on the future of progressive politics

We want each and every person to have access to transportation and college, you know, if they choose to go. You know, we want to close the racial wage gap, but we also want to close the gender wage gap. We're talking about human rights for each and every person.

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Is The Squad dead? Cori Bush on the future of progressive politics

We want each and every person to have access to transportation and college, you know, if they choose to go. You know, we want to close the racial wage gap, but we also want to close the gender wage gap. We're talking about human rights for each and every person.

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Is The Squad dead? Cori Bush on the future of progressive politics

We want each and every person to have access to transportation and college, you know, if they choose to go. You know, we want to close the racial wage gap, but we also want to close the gender wage gap. We're talking about human rights for each and every person.

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Is The Squad dead? Cori Bush on the future of progressive politics

Well... But the thing is, we dropped all of these investment that we spoke so much about. We just dropped it and said, hey, well, one day we'll come back to this. We've talked about being the party of civil rights and human rights and the party of peace, the party of justice. But we have not delivered on that.

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Is The Squad dead? Cori Bush on the future of progressive politics

Well... But the thing is, we dropped all of these investment that we spoke so much about. We just dropped it and said, hey, well, one day we'll come back to this. We've talked about being the party of civil rights and human rights and the party of peace, the party of justice. But we have not delivered on that.

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Is The Squad dead? Cori Bush on the future of progressive politics

Well... But the thing is, we dropped all of these investment that we spoke so much about. We just dropped it and said, hey, well, one day we'll come back to this. We've talked about being the party of civil rights and human rights and the party of peace, the party of justice. But we have not delivered on that.

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Is The Squad dead? Cori Bush on the future of progressive politics

People have said, you know what, you all talk about being the party of justice, but you couldn't even get George Floyd Justice and Policing Act done. We talk about peace and you say you're fighting for a ceasefire. You say you're fighting tirelessly for a ceasefire.

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Is The Squad dead? Cori Bush on the future of progressive politics

People have said, you know what, you all talk about being the party of justice, but you couldn't even get George Floyd Justice and Policing Act done. We talk about peace and you say you're fighting for a ceasefire. You say you're fighting tirelessly for a ceasefire.

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Is The Squad dead? Cori Bush on the future of progressive politics

People have said, you know what, you all talk about being the party of justice, but you couldn't even get George Floyd Justice and Policing Act done. We talk about peace and you say you're fighting for a ceasefire. You say you're fighting tirelessly for a ceasefire.

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Is The Squad dead? Cori Bush on the future of progressive politics

But then when you say you're fighting for the ceasefire, but then weapons and money is flowing at the same day that you say that money and weapons are flowing to go and bomb children. And so what they see is us having saying one thing and then doing doing another. But I'll say the one thing that has stuck out to me the most, Brittany, is what people have said to me is, Corey,

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Is The Squad dead? Cori Bush on the future of progressive politics

But then when you say you're fighting for the ceasefire, but then weapons and money is flowing at the same day that you say that money and weapons are flowing to go and bomb children. And so what they see is us having saying one thing and then doing doing another. But I'll say the one thing that has stuck out to me the most, Brittany, is what people have said to me is, Corey,

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Is The Squad dead? Cori Bush on the future of progressive politics

But then when you say you're fighting for the ceasefire, but then weapons and money is flowing at the same day that you say that money and weapons are flowing to go and bomb children. And so what they see is us having saying one thing and then doing doing another. But I'll say the one thing that has stuck out to me the most, Brittany, is what people have said to me is, Corey,

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Is The Squad dead? Cori Bush on the future of progressive politics

At least we see them talking about the Republicans, talking about Donald Trump fighting. I have people in my district who would never have voted for me before, who told me that they initially, you know, back a few years ago, oh, I didn't vote for you. But I changed my mind to start voting for you because I see that you are a fighter. We might not agree on all of the issues, but you fight.

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Is The Squad dead? Cori Bush on the future of progressive politics

At least we see them talking about the Republicans, talking about Donald Trump fighting. I have people in my district who would never have voted for me before, who told me that they initially, you know, back a few years ago, oh, I didn't vote for you. But I changed my mind to start voting for you because I see that you are a fighter. We might not agree on all of the issues, but you fight.

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Is The Squad dead? Cori Bush on the future of progressive politics

At least we see them talking about the Republicans, talking about Donald Trump fighting. I have people in my district who would never have voted for me before, who told me that they initially, you know, back a few years ago, oh, I didn't vote for you. But I changed my mind to start voting for you because I see that you are a fighter. We might not agree on all of the issues, but you fight.

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Is The Squad dead? Cori Bush on the future of progressive politics

And so that's another thing. What they what people have seen is, you know, they feel like they see Donald Trump fighting. They feel like they don't see the Democrats doing the same thing as a whole. But what they have seen is us move based on corporate interests. They have seen this. They've called it this elitism that has started to push out regular everyday people. And we have to reverse that.

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Is The Squad dead? Cori Bush on the future of progressive politics

And so that's another thing. What they what people have seen is, you know, they feel like they see Donald Trump fighting. They feel like they don't see the Democrats doing the same thing as a whole. But what they have seen is us move based on corporate interests. They have seen this. They've called it this elitism that has started to push out regular everyday people. And we have to reverse that.

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Is The Squad dead? Cori Bush on the future of progressive politics

And so that's another thing. What they what people have seen is, you know, they feel like they see Donald Trump fighting. They feel like they don't see the Democrats doing the same thing as a whole. But what they have seen is us move based on corporate interests. They have seen this. They've called it this elitism that has started to push out regular everyday people. And we have to reverse that.

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Is The Squad dead? Cori Bush on the future of progressive politics

We should... not fight one another. We should be who we say we are. So I think that's the first thing. Pick who, pick, like, let's pick who are the Democrats going to be now and then be that so that those folks who feel like, well, then this is not my team can go find their team. Because if progressives aren't wanted in the Democratic Party, then If we're not wanted, then tell us that.