* My social media links! * <br /> <a href="https://linktr.ee/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://linktr.ee/</a><br /><br /><br />By Emily Crane<br /><br />Progressive Democratic Rep. Cori Bush has admitted she is willing to fork out $200,000 for private security to protect herself — but says defunding the police still needs to happen.<br /><br />The Missouri Rep. declared in a CBS interview on Wednesday that — despite advocating to defund police — she needed private security because she’d faced death threats.<br /><br />The 45-year-old member of “The Squad” has faced mounting criticism in recent weeks after it emerged she had spent $70,000 on private security in the last three months.<br /><br />Asked to respond to those who branded her a hypocrite, an unapologetic Bush hit back on Wednesday by telling critics to: “Suck it up.”<br /><br />“I’m going to make sure I have security because I now have had attempts on my life and I have too much work to do, there are too many people that need help right now,” she said.<br /><br />“If I end up spending $200,000, if I spend $10 more dollars on it — you know what, I get to be here to do the work. So suck it up.<br /><br />“Defunding the police has to happen. We need to defund the police and put that money into social safety nets because we’re trying to save lives.”<br /><br />Bush, who slept outside the Capitol this week in protest over the eviction moratorium ending, lashed out at her critics and suggested they would rather see her dead instead of allowing her to do “important work.”<br />...<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biyt_XdsP58" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biyt_XdsP58</a>