Cori Bush: We're Adding More Money To The Police But We're Still Dying

BUSH: " I think what we have to look at is the fact that I made it to Congress in 2020. I was elected to Congress. And we are still fighting this same fight. We’re still fighting to save black lives. That was not — that work was not done before I got here. This is the reason why I ran, was to save lives, save my son’s life. It was because Michael Brown, who we’re fighting for, still trying to get justice for, it’s because he didn’t get justice and byers and Powell didn’t get justice and so many others. That is why. Because that was not fixed before I got here, to come at me and say you’re the reason we have these problems. No. The reason we have these problems is because those that were in power and could have fixed this problem before now didn’t and it cost lives. And so now that I’m here, we just introduced the people’s response act to make sure that we are looking at the money that should be going to social safetiness to make sure our community members who are living with mental health issues are able to function and live in society the way that anyone would ask to. So I don’t believe, as far as my colleagues, you know, I absolutely empathize. I empathize. The same thing that the Republicans would do, which is figure out how to work with this, that’s what we have to do. My job is to save lives in my community. When we’re talking about every single year increasing the budget for police and then the budget for like health and human services continuing to shrink, and St. Louis being number one for police violence year after year after year, number one. Number two for homicides year after year —"