The campaign for Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) has missed the most recent deadline for disclosing her committee’s finances for the second quarter, which could result in penalties.
The most recent filing of the controversial ‘Squad’ member does not exist in the Federal Election Commission (FEC) database. Monday morning, the FEC press office verified to Fox News Digital that her campaign had not yet submitted the report.
Ms. Bush’s failure to file on time could result in fines for her committee, though they are typically trivial and can range from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars contingent on a number of variables, including when the report is ultimately filed.
Other Democrats Fundraising
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) reported that his campaign for the U.S. Senate raised a record $8.1 million in the second quarter, following his expulsion from the House Intelligence Community and subsequent censure related to the Russiagate scandal.Mr. Elkins told reporters that Mr.Schiff surpassed Sen. Raphael Warnock’s (D-Ga.) record of $7.2 million raised in the second quarter of 2021 with his fundraising windfall, bringing his campaign’s cash-on-hand to $29.5 million.
Although these are substantial numbers, they are lower than those of previous American presidents at this point in the election cycle during their reelection campaigns.
According to the Associated Press, former President Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee (RNC) raised $105 million in the second quarter of 2019.
Previously, in the second quarter of 2011, when he launched his second presidential campaign, former president Barack Obama raised $85.6 million, not accounting for inflation.
Biden has raised more money in contributions than his Democratic adversary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his chief Republican rival Donald Trump.
Bush’s Push for Reparations
Ms. Bush has recently voiced strong opinions on financial issues, introducing a resolution on May 17 calling for $14 trillion in reparations over the U.S. history of slavery.The resolution states that “the United States has a moral and legal obligation to provide reparations for the enslavement of Africans and its lasting harm on the lives of millions of Black people in the United States.”
“Black people in our country cannot wait any longer for our government to begin addressing each and every one of the extraordinary bits of harm, all of the harm it has caused since the founding that it continues to perpetuate each and every day all across our communities, all across this country,” said Bush at a May 17 news conference.
“When the black-white wealth gap is $14 trillion, it’s unjust, and it wouldn’t happen in a just and fair and equitable society,” she added.
“Those are not the natural consequences of human society, none of that,” Ms. Bush continued. “They are directly caused by our federal government’s role in the enslavement and exploitation of Africans or black people throughout our history.”
Ms Bush added that the issue of reparations is “not just a matter of our country’s history, but it is a matter for which America must provide reparations if we desire a prosperous future.”
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) spoke at the same news conference, saying “Reparations is necessary toward really true equity.”
“We hear the Biden administration and so many others talk about that word ‘equity,’” she said. “They need to make sure that reparations is part of the movement toward equitable distribution of resources.”
Ms. Bush’s office did not immediately respond to The Epoch Times’s request for comment.