Members of the progressive "Squad" have spent a combined $1 million since the start of their push to defund the police, according to a Washington Free Beacon review of campaign filings.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her five fellow "Squad" members have spent a combined $1.03 million on private security services since May 2020, when the push to defund the police took off in response to the death of George Floyd.
"You would rather me die? Is that what you want to see? You want to see me die? You know, because that could be the alternative," Rep. Cori Bush said in 2021 when pressed by a reporter about her private security budget.
No other member of the "Squad" spent more on private security than Bush, who has doled out $680,000 on personal protection services since May 2020.
Among Bush's reported private security guards are her husband Cortney Merritts and her close friend Nathaniel Davis III, a St. Louis spiritual guru who claims to be a master of psychic self-defense who can summon tornadoes with his hate.
"Squad" members Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib spent $53,000 and $12,000, respectively, on private security services.
Bowman has New York taxpayers to thank for his low private security budget: The Democratic lawmaker requested and received a special police detail to guard his home after the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, the New York Post reported.
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