Democratic Missouri Rep. Cori Bush appeared unwilling to name Hamas a terrorist organization in the days leading up to an expectedly tight primary, The New York Times reported.
Bush faces a contested heat primary on Tuesday, as his chances of re-election have been considerable darkened, according to the survey. During a trip to Ferguson, Missouri, in recent days, Bush, who has been vocal in his criticism of Israel and its military activities in Gaza, said he did not want to call Hamas a terrorist organization, even though it is. classified as such by the US government and most of the West, seconds in the NYT.
“We were called terrorists during Ferguson,” Bush said outside an early voting site in Ferguson days before the primary, referring to the 2014 killing of Michael Brown by a police officer and the protests that followed. city “Have they hurt people? Absolutely. Has the Israeli army hurt people? Absolutely.”
Bush later reiterated his position while meeting with voters at a restaurant in Ferguson, noting that he was hesitant to label Hamas a terrorist because he knew little about the subject.
“Would they classify me as a terrorist organization? Yes. But do I know this? Absolutely not,” Mrs. Bush said, according to the NYT. “I have no communication with them. All I know is that we were considered terrorists, we were considered black identity extremists, and all we were doing was trying to achieve peace. I'm not trying to compare us, but this taught me to be careful with labeling if I don't know.”
A spokeswoman for Bush quickly retracted her comments, telling the NYT that Bush “knows that Hamas is a terrorist organization,” adding that the terrorist label has been “armed by the far right consistently to justify violence and, in this case, the collective punishment of Palestinian Civilians in Gaza.”
Bush, a progressive member of the Democratic Party and the “squad,” has been open on his criticism of Israel's military activities against Hamas in Gaza and his views on the decades-old Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Bush was one of two House lawmakers — the other was Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Democrat of Michigan — who voted in January against a resolution to ban members of Hamas from coming to the United States.
Bush appears headed for defeat in Tuesday's Missouri primary election, as does his primary opponent, Wesley County District Attorney. doorbell, continues to gain traction among voters. Bell is currently polling several points higher than Bush in multiple polls conducted in June and July. seconds at five thirty eight.
Bush's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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