Cori Bush could be next ‘Squad’ mem­ber oust­ed over more than just Israel

Rep. Cori Bush (D‑MO) is fac­ing an uphill bat­tle as she pre­pares for a com­pet­i­tive pri­ma­ry that shows her los­ing more ground each day against her pro-Israel oppo­nent, a sign that she could be the next “Squad” mem­ber on her way out.
Bush is fac­ing St. Louis Coun­ty Pros­e­cut­ing Attor­ney Wes­ley Bell on Tues­day in what has been a rocky cam­paign for the incum­bent due, in part, to her vocal crit­i­cism of Israel’s response to the Oct. 7 Hamas ter­ror­ist attack, call­ing the coun­terof­fen­sive an “eth­nic cleans­ing cam­paign.” The Israel-Hamas war has sowed divi­sions with­in the Demo­c­ra­t­ic con­fer­ence, which has spelled dis­as­ter for pro­gres­sive “Squad” Democ­rats as pro-Israel orga­ni­za­tions have made it their per­son­al mis­sion to remove them from offi …