Rep. Cori Bush is officially the first Black woman to represent Missouri in Congress after her swearing-in on Sunday (January 3).
“I’ve survived sexual assault, police abuse, domestic violence, and being unhoused and uninsured. That's not a unique pain I carry. It's one that so many of us live with each day,” Bush tweeted Sunday. “Today, I take my seat in Congress to fight for a world where nobody has to endure that pain.”
Separately, she added:
“Everything I do always has been and always will be for the Lou. Congress ain’t ready,” she wrote, signing: “The St. Louis Congresswoman.”
Bush won the election against Republican candidate Anthony Rogers.
Before her swearing-in on Sunday, she already earned a nomination from Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to the House Judiciary Committee.
Bush, speaking with KSN before she was sworn in, delved into how she plans to continue her historic, trail-blazing efforts.
Here’s what she had to say, in part:
“Right now, Congress is not made up of many ordinary people like me — but we are changing that. I’m a nurse, pastor, single mom, and Ferguson-made activist who has lived the struggles of my community. I’m ready to put regular, everyday people first, with solutions that are long overdue.
“Today is day one, and I am already getting to work to stop America from being led by the small-mindedness of a powerful few. We are ushering in a moment led by the imagination of a mass movement that includes all of us. I am working for all people.”
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