What Is A Politivist? Rep. Cori Bush Explains Her Life As Activist And Politician

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Published on April 13, 2022

Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri returns to The Late Show for her first in-studio interview and tells Stephen how she has merged her life as an activist with her responsibilities as a politician, such as when she successfully protested for an extension to the pandemic eviction moratorium. #Colbert #CoriBush #RepCoriBush

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  • Baba Ayman 2 years ago

    4:47 Cori Bush talks about why she is a Politavist.

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  • Maybe a Pacifist 2 years ago

    Our politicians jobs are to make sure we have what we need. What a novel idea! Hey politicians, it’s time to grow up and start doing your jobs. Are there children starving in the United States of America? Start there for the love of God.

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  • Carlos Pineda 2 years ago

    normalize wearing shirt and jeans where they normally wear formal!

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  • The Nd 2 years ago

    If more people were like her our country would be thriving not having a civil war

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  • QWNAmity Powell 2 years ago

    Thank you Congresswoman

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  • Erin Lloyd 2 years ago

    God bless her.

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  • Jaclyn 2 years ago

    So elegant thank you Rep. Cori Bush

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  • Humble Driver 2 years ago

    Freedom

    I’ve read about Freedom it don’t compare to the life I dream about. People fighting a fight for the color of the flag. I fight for the right to be heard not bound not gagged.

    Promises and beliefs from unfamiliar faces; Actions and words in their familiar places.
    I’m asked to stand next to you in a war for morality. I ask you to stand with me in my fight for Humanity.

    They want to put guns in our hands to fight in another man’s land while we struggling in a fight at home we don’t understand.

    Freedom? Free at last? Please slow down, not so fast. We getting shot front and back at traffic stops not doing crack. Yeah we struggling in a fight at home cause we’re Black.

    So here we go all over again day in and day out wondering when our live’s going to end it makes you want to stand and Shout, “We love just like you do. We have families same as you!” Black Lives Matter.

    When I was little my mom said wake up it’s a brand new day. I said moms have you been outside it’s not safe to play.

    I wake up each day with insecurity and a wet blanket. Dreamin nightmares of freedom is how I would rank it.

    She’d say go to school. Make something of yourself. Get an education. I’d say I do my learning on the streets with trepidation.
    We aspire to be heard although our voices may be moot. Being ignored until it’s quota time. Bang! Bang! Stop or I’ll shoot.

    We live our lives in a land of hostility. Avoiding being on the 5 o’clock news is our reality.
    So while they keep saying you’re free at last, you’re free at last, thank God Almighty you’re free at last. We’ll keep our representation of freedom with each other and our belief in unity with our brother.

    So here we go all over again day in and day out wondering when our live’s going to end it makes you want to stand and Shout, “We love just like you do. We have families same as you!”
    Black Lives Matter.
    You and I Matter.
    We All Matter.

    By Humble Driver

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  • Robert Ken 2 years ago

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  • Nicolas Wilson 2 years ago

    As the economy crisis keep rising, one needs to have different streams of income, a well detailed diversified investment portfolio in the financial markets is needed to survive,as well as secure a profitable investment future

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  • Milka N. 2 years ago

    Congresswoman Cori Bush, THANK YOU!

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  • Ro Ni 2 years ago

    The one thing Missouri got right !

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  • Okkie Trooy 2 years ago

    As a non-american, I really like the diversity in the democratic caucus. Raskin and Cori Bush, Schiff and AOC, Porter and Thompson, Omar and Swalwell. All bring different things to the table on: upbringing, race, education, age, gender, etc.

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