Congresswoman Cori Bush (D-MO) quickly ended an interview directly after one of the reporters asked her whether or not she would like to see President Joe Biden make a second term run for the White House. “I don’t want to answer that question,” she stammered out repeatedly as she wrapped things up.
A video taken of the interview, which shows just how less-than-eager she was to talk about that particular question, was highlighted via social media by Mark Maxwell, the political editor of the local St. Louis NBC affiliate KSDK.
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Does Congresswoman Cori Bush want to see Joe Biden run for a second term?
An aide interjects.
“I don’t want to answer that question,” she says, adding, “He’s the President. He has the right to run for a second term.”
She had another event scheduled 20 mins later across town. pic.twitter.com/4FEpGP1jVK
— Mark Maxwell (@MarkMaxwellTV) July 25, 2022
“Do you want to see Joe Biden run for a second term?” asked Maxwell to Bush directly, after which one of the aides for the congresswoman quickly stepped in to interrupt, saying, “She’s got to go.”
“I … you know …” Bush stammered.
“It’s an easy question,” pressed Maxwell. “You know, it’s not going to take long. Do you want to see Joe Biden run …”
“I don’t want to answer that question because we have not — that’s not — yeah, I don’t want to answer that question,” stated Bush, rapidly shaking her head.
“Okay,” answered Maxwell.
“I mean, he’s the president, he has the right to run for a second term, absolutely,” Bush went on, adding, “But I don’t — I don’t wanna — I’d rather you not do that, answer the question.”
The aide quickly slid in to interrupt again, telling Bush that she only had two minutes to make it to the car in order to make it to another event.
“I gotta get to the other thing,” she stated, awkwardly ending the interview.
Missouri State Senator Steve Roberts (D) has stepped up as a primary challenger in the race against Bush — slamming her with an accusation of being far too soft on the extreme left — and he made sure to exploit her unwillingness to step up to answer the question outright.
“I support the president. Full stop,” stated Roberts. “I’m curious to know who Rep. Bush intends on supporting.”
Biden has had to deal with a large number of rumors over the past few weeks that seem to suggest that the Democratic Party is not united in a single desire to support him in another run for the White House.
As reported in a mid-July Quinnipiac poll, a strong majority of Democrats (54%) — and roughly 71% of Americans across the board — would much prefer to see anyone other than Biden at the head of the 2024 ticket for the Democratic ballot.