‘Squad’ Rep Cori Bush los­es high­ly con­tentious pri­ma­ry against pro-Israel Demo­c­rat

<div>'Squad' Rep Cori Bush loses highly contentious primary against pro-Israel Democrat</div>

Vot­ers in Mis­souri’s bright blue 1st Con­gres­sion­al Dis­trict served a sharp rebuke of the left’s pro­gres­sive wing on Tues­day, deny­ing Rep. Cori Bush, D‑Mo., a third term.The “Squad” Demo­c­rat lost her pri­ma­ry to St. Louis Coun­ty pros­e­cu­tor Wes­ley Bell, a more mod­er­ate can­di­date who had the back­ing of pro-Israel groups that spent mil­lions to unseat Bush over her crit­i­cism of the Jew­ish nation.She’s the sec­ond mem­ber of her ultra-pro­gres­sive group to lose their pri­ma­ry after Rep. Jamaal Bow­man, D‑N.Y., sim­i­lar­ly lost to a mod­er­ate pro-Israel Democrat.THIS HOUSE DEMOCRAT BECOMES THE FIRST SQUAD MEMBER DEFEATED IN A PRI­MA­RY­Both are …