[1]Cori Bush

Over the last few days, Missouri lawmakers have leveraged tragedy as a
coordinated attack on Black leaders in St. Louis in order to bolster their
resumes for future political campaigns.

It’s disgusting. It’s racist. It’s misogynistic. And it willfully ignores
real, pressing issues across the state.

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In case you missed it: Missouri’s Attorney General, Andrew Bailey, is
specifically targeting St. Louis Circuit Attorney, Kim Gardner — but
notably not the Cedar County prosecutor who refused to pursue real
accountability for the years-long abuse of young boys at the Agape
Boarding School.

Where is his concern for the reprehensible abuse of prosecutorial power in
this case?

These aren’t the only attacks — they’re using legislation as well.

On Monday, HB 301 passed in the Missouri House. This legislation directly
disenfranchises St. Louis voters by removing power from our
democratically-elected prosecutor.

SB78 cuts the community out of having input and control over our own local
police department, making St. Louis one of the only major cities in the
entire country without authority over its own police force. This gives
power to the same anti-public safety Republicans who just voted to allow
children to carry AR-15s.

Jefferson City politicians who are pushing HB 301 and SB 78 want to
control St. Louis so badly, yet they have issues in their own districts
they should be tackling. They should be focused on these priorities
instead if they really want to make a difference in our communities:

* Rural hospitals are closing, forcing their constituents to travel
hundreds of miles to seek healthcare.
* Missouri has some of the nation’s loosest gun laws, causing some of
the highest rates of gun violence in this country.
* Existing policies punish unhoused populations while under-resourcing
affordable housing efforts.

Instead of tackling real issues, people like Attorney General Bailey are
fabricating problems to “solve.”

Their willful ignorance doesn’t stop there. Economically speaking, Kansas
City and St. Louis bring in the majority of the revenue for the state, yet
that fact gets pushed aside by state lawmakers who make it harder to do
what we need to do to meet the full needs of our residents.

As Cori said, we must reject these disingenuous, misogynistic, and racist
calls by the Attorney General and state officials who seek to circumvent
the will of the people of St. Louis who have entrusted democratically
elected local officials to oversee and implement public safety.

[ [link removed] ]Team Cori will continue to expose these attacks for exactly what they
are — but we need your help. You can help us amplify her message with a
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Together we can call out this injustice and take on whatever comes next.

Thank you,

Team Cori


 


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