Cynthia Nixon

Cynthia Nixon Instagram – My people come from Missouri, and it is a wonderful place, but it is also a hard place. I have loved Cori Bush ever since I saw her in Knock Down the House, where, as a movement leader, she transformed her pain and anger after the killing of Michael Brown into a run for Congress. Heartbreakingly she lost, but then she did what too few other people have the strength and vision to do — she ran again. And this time she won.  

Her time in Congress as a member of the squad has been marked by raw compassion and throwing down the gauntlet on the issues she often experienced herself and came to Congress to address.  Having known what it was like to live in a car with kids in tow, she refused to leave Washington mid-pandemic, choosing instead to spend the night on the Capitol steps after Congress failed to extend an eviction moratorium.

And seeing the senseless, devastating bloodshed happening in Gaza, she was a bold and brave early sponsor of a ceasefire resolution, fighting unapologetically to stop the US taxpayer funded slaughter of innocent men, women and especially children in Palestine.  

Everything that Cori Bush represents has made her a top target of anti-abortion, anti-climate, anti-justice Trump mega-donors who have used Israel as a wedge issue to funnel record amounts into defeating Democratic members in Democratic primaries. 

Her loss is a tremendous loss for the people of Missouri, for the people of the United States, for the Squad and for Congress itself.  But if there’s anything we know about Cori Bush it is that she doesn’t accept defeat when it is offered. She will never back away from a fight when she knows right is in her side. And I and so many others stand waiting and ready to support her in the next big battle just around the corner. | Posted on 09/Aug/2024 00:45:06