Outgoing Democratic Missouri Rep. Cori Bush gave her farewell address to a near empty room Friday after the far-left member of “The Squad” lost her primary to a moderate Democrat.
Bush spent much of the 33-minute speech reviewing her own accomplishments before thanking her political allies, getting emotional as she did so.
“I am so grateful and I am so honored,” Bush began, before becoming choked up, “to have the greatest group of friends within these walls who are anything but silent.”
She thanked her fellow members of “The Squad,” a colloquial name for the group of far-left lawmakers that included New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley, Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar and New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman, who also lost his primary.
“Our Squad was never small and never silent. We have changed the course of…
