“We've been called radicals, terrorists. We've been dismissed as an impossible fringe movement. But now we are a multi-racial, multi-ethnic, multi-generational, multi-faith mass movement united in demanding change, in demanding accountability, in demanding that our police, our government, our country recognize that Black lives do indeed matter. (From election victory speech)” ChangeRacismCongressProgressiveAmerican PoliticsBlack Lives MatterSquadMissouriUs PoliticsSt Louis Author:Cori Bush
“It's voting rights or it's the filibuster. It's LGBTQ+ rights or it's the filibuster. It's union rights or it's the filibuster. It's civil rights or it's the filibuster. It's our rights or it's the filibuster. The choice is easy. (3/18/2021 on Twitter)” RightsUnionsCivil RightsLgbtqDemocratic PartyDemocratsVoting RightsFilibuster Author:Cori Bush
“Many of us didn't choose to become activists. We were activated. We could not stand to sit on the sidelines while our people were brutalized so needlessly. At some point, we choose to accept police violence, or we don't. Where will you stand? (8/23/2020 on Twitter)” RacismPoliceActivismProgressiveActivistBlack Lives MatterPolice BrutalityPolice Violence Author:Cori Bush