Representative-elect Cori Bush, a Missouri Democrat, arrived at the new House members orientation Friday wearing a Breonna Taylor face mask. Ms. Bush said some of her Republican colleagues were unfamiliar with Ms. Taylor, who was killed by the police in Kentucky, leading to protests across the country.
Representative-elect Cori Bush, a Missouri Democrat, arrived at the new House members orientation Friday wearing a Breonna Taylor face mask. Ms. Bush said some of her Republican colleagues were unfamiliar with Ms. Taylor, who was killed by the police in Kentucky, leading to protests across the country.
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Cori Bush Says Republican Colleagues Mistakenly Called Her ‘Breonna Taylor’
Representative-elect Cori Bush, a Missouri Democrat, arrived at the new House members orientation Friday wearing a Breonna Taylor face mask. Ms. Bush said some of her Republican colleagues were unfamiliar with Ms. Taylor, who was killed by the police in Kentucky, leading to protests across the country.
I am — I am Breonna Taylor as far as I could be a Black woman murdered in my bed tonight, you know? But I am not Breonna Taylor. This Breonna Taylor was murdered in her bed at night. She does not have justice — murdered by the police. And I just want people to, you know, we have to stretch ourselves and pay attention to what’s happening in other parts of the country. But this has been national news for a long time. People have protested in the streets with this name, and it just saddens me that people aren’t — people in leadership, people that want to be in leadership, don’t know the struggles that are happening to Black people in this country. And it’s just disheartening. And it was hurtful, absolutely hurtful. And I didn’t hear it once, I didn’t hear it twice. I heard it several times. I’m being called, you know, Breonna Taylor today. But it’s OK because we’ll educate, and we’ll make sure that people know who she is, what she stood for — that she was an award-winning E.M.T. in her community, that she’s someone who deserves justice right now.
Cori Bush Says Republican Colleagues Mistakenly Called Her ‘Breonna Taylor’
Representative-elect Cori Bush, a Missouri Democrat, arrived at the new House members orientation Friday wearing a Breonna Taylor face mask. Ms. Bush said some of her Republican colleagues were unfamiliar with Ms. Taylor, who was killed by the police in Kentucky, leading to protests across the country.
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