White House turns on The Squad with scathing attack on Cori Bush’s ‘seditious’ meltdown

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre responded sharply to comments made by Rep. Cori Bush on Wednesday after the “squad” member became enraged following her primary defeat.

“The president has always been very clear and very recently, after the assassination attempt on the previous president, about limiting the rhetoric – limiting the rhetoric and the importance of it,” Jean-Pierre told DailyMail.com, hours after Bush became the second Democratic “squad” member to be voted out of office.

“It’s important that we’re very mindful of what we’re saying. This kind of rhetoric is inflammatory, divisive, and incredibly unhelpful,” she continued. “And we’re going to condemn any kind of political rhetoric like that, like that, and so it’s important to be mindful of what we’re saying and how we’re saying it. But we can’t have this kind of inflammatory and divisive language in our political discourse.”

Her condemnation of the Missouri lawmaker’s comments during the daily news conference came after Bush became enraged after losing to District Attorney Wesley Bell in her St. Louis district.

She became the second Squad member to be eliminated, following the defeat of New York representative Jamaal Bowman.

Bush blamed the pro-Israel group AIPAC for her defeat, after the powerful pro-Israel lobby spent heavily against her, including $9 million.

“AIPAC, I’m coming to tear down your kingdom,” Bush said in comments she did not elaborate on.

Jean-Pierre’s comments about lowering the temperature come as Vice President Kamala Harris is looking for new ways to tackle Donald Trump, with his supporters calling him “alien” rather than a threat to democracy. At a campaign rally in Wisconsin, Harris tried to distract supporters chanting “lock him up” by saying the courts would handle that part.

Trump and running mate J.D. Vance have attempted to label Harris’ running mate, Gov. Tim Walz, as a radical, with Republicans pointing to his comment that “one man’s socialism is another man’s neighborliness.”

Biden and his team have tried to distance themselves from “squad members” comments and the defund-the-police movement, even as Trump has repeatedly tried to link them. As her victorious opponent pointed out, Bush voted against Biden’s 2021 infrastructure bill.

During her remarks, Bush paced the stage and spoke so loudly that the microphone shook. The former Black Lives Matter organizer condemned “corporations” and AIPAC, accusing them of orchestrating her ouster.

Bush told the crowd that she is no longer bound by the rules of decency of Congress, and that now that she has “lost some of the strings,” her opponents will see “this other Cori, this other side.”

“By removing me from my position as a Congressman, you have simply pulled a few strings,” she exclaimed.

“Let’s get it straight, let’s get it straight, let’s get it straight,” Bush sings over and over, “let’s talk about it like it really is.”

Meanwhile, AIPAC celebrated Bush’s loss on Wednesday morning.

“AIPAC and our 4.5 million members were proud to help progressive, pro-Israel leader Wesley Bell defeat anti-Israel Squad member Rep. Cori Bush last night,” the group posted on X.

“Being pro-Israel is good policy and good politics!”

The Missouri Democrat told the approving audience that she should now fear that her term in Congress was coming to an end.

“As much as I love my job, all they’ve done is radicalize me, so now they have to be afraid,” she said Tuesday night. “They’re going to see that other Cori, that other side.”

“And let me warn all these companies: I’m coming after you too. But I’m not coming alone. I’m coming with all the people who are here.”

“I’m not afraid of you,” she said. “I’m not afraid of anything… so if this happened, it happened.”

According to the Associated Press news agency, Bush was expected to lose three hours after polls closed, while she was behind by about five points.

“I am committed to serving the St. Louis region in Congress with integrity, transparency and dedication,” Bell said in a statement after his victory.

‘Together we will tackle the challenges of the future and build a community in which everyone has the opportunity to flourish.’

Another member of the quad, Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., also lost his primary earlier this summer to a more moderate Democrat.

Bush faced millions in outside money poured into her race by pro-Israel groups opposed to her outspoken pro-Palestinian stance.

“Wesley Bell’s victory and Cori Bush’s defeat underscore what we’ve seen in elections across the country and throughout this election cycle: Being pro-Israel is not just sound policy, it’s smart politics,” said Mark Mellman, chairman of the Democratic Majority for Israel PAC, in a statement.

Like Bush’s race against Bell, Bowman’s race in New York revolved around a major issue: the war between Israel and Hamas.

Bowman, a fellow Squad member (at least for now, before he leaves Congress this winter), fiercely defended the Palestinians and condemned the Israelis’ actions as “genocide.”

His reward for his repeated attacks on the Jewish people during the war: a pro-Israel SuperPAC that descended on him.

AIPAC, a pro-Israel political group, spent a huge amount of money fighting Bowman, pumping millions into the campaign of a local administrator.

With the group’s support, George Latimer, a moderate Democrat and Westchester County executive, won an easy primary victory, taking more than 59 percent of the vote, compared to Bowman’s 40 percent.

According to AP, AIPAC’s political wing spent $8.5 million on Bush’s race.

The pro-Israel group spent nearly $15 million on Bowman’s race.

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., another Squad member facing a neck-and-neck re-election race, holds her primary next Tuesday.