AOC, Omar, Pressley, Bush Spent Thousands On Private Security, Police Defunded

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Report: "The Squad" Spent Thousands On Private Security While Demanding Police Be Defunded

April 21, 2021




Members of progressive Democratic group "The Squad" reportedly spent "tens of thousands of dollars" on private security and other forms of security services in the first quarter while publicly calling to dismantle or defund the police force ...

"FEC reports show Democrats New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley, and Missouri Rep. Cori Bush each spent thousands of dollars on their own security," The Democratic lawmakers were reported to have spent "nearly $70,000" for private security from January to March this year alone, while at the same time demanding that police forces be "defunded" ... Progressives also earlier signaled they wanted police duties to be transferred to social workers — leaving communities vulnerable to crimes... Ocasio-Cortez spent $3,000 per month on a security consultant based out of Brooklyn, New York. Records show she spent a total of $9,000 for 3 months of security consulting from this one company," ... It added that AOC also spent $24,279.13 on 'security' on January 25, and $3,986.60 on 'security services' on January 19. She spent another $849.22 on 'security services' ...

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The self-proclaimed Democratic socialist also spent moneyon February 25, to hire 24&7 Security & Investigation, Inc.,... Despite these security expenses in the first quarter,, AOC ... blasted New York's planned $1 billion cuts from the police, saying "it did not go far enough." Rep Omar... was reported to have spent $3103.61 on her own private security," according to her own expenditure report. Pressley... spent $4,186.75 on "security Services," ...— $1,292.00 while in her home state and $1,267.50 for security in Alexandria, Virginia among others... Rep. Cori Bush (Missouri) ... was also reported to have spent $30,000 on security purposes all on her own during the same period. The freshman lawmaker, who has also pushed to defund the police, spent $1,060 on security from Whole Armor Executive Protection in Bowie, Maryland on Jan. 18; $5,000 on security in her home state on Jan. 21; $530.00 on Jan. 25 in Palo Alto; and in February, the African-American lawmaker spent bulk of the reported costs for her own security in New York City and Washington D.C.

Bush spent $7,743.75 on security from RS&T Security Counseling LLC in New York City; $5,000 on security from Sandler, Reiff, Lamb... and $5,812.00 on security from RS&T Security Counseling, LLC again in the Big Apple on On Feb. 26. Bush spent $5,000 on security from Nathaniel Davis Davis, in Saint Louis, Missouri and 10 days later, on March 15, the progressive Democrat spent $2,456.25 on security from RS&T Security Consulting LLC in NYC.

Report: "The Squad" Spent Thousands On Private Security While Demanding Police Be Defunded
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