‘Squad’ member touts private security while pushing to defund the police

Published August 5, 2021 12:00am ET



A House Democratic lawmaker says it’s OK to have private security amid her calls to defund police departments.

Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri explained her stance during an interview with CBS on Thursday. Bush, elected in 2020 and a member of the far-left “Squad,” was asked if it was hypocritical to spend $70,000 on private security while she called for defunding the police in municipalities across the country.

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