[Federalist] Link fixed The last time a Democratic Party candidate lost the Missouri First Congressional District was in 1942. So, while it’s not officially a done deal, it’s quite safe to assume Cori Bush — the Democratic Party’s nominee for MO-1 — will take her seat in the U.S. House of Representatives this coming January. When that occurs, she’ll join a growing chorus of truly radical voices in Congress.
Recently, a stark reminder of Bush’s almost assured election to Congress came in a joint speech during the 2020 RNC made by Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the St. Louis couple who became famous for bearing firearms in defense of their home as Black Lives Matter protestors by on June 28.
"Consider this," implored Mark McCloskey, "[a] Marxist, liberal activist leading the mob to our neighborhood, stood outside our home with a bullhorn screaming, ’You can’t stop the revolution.’" "Just weeks later," he lamented, "that same Marxist activist won the Democratic nomination to hold a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives."
Grasping the politics of the district, McCloskey conceded Bush’s primary victory amounts to winning the election in November months in advance. "That Marxist revolutionary is now going to be the congresswoman from the first district of Missouri."
The political terms "Marxist" and "revolutionary" have become so unfortunately commonplace that it can be tempting, though incorrect, to dismiss their use as overzealous hyperbole or as a cheap way to gin up controversy. Make no mistake, however, not only do both terms fit Bush perfectly, but upon taking her seat, Bush will instantly become one of the most leftward members of the House of Representatives. 
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