Rep. Cori bush (D-MO), vowed revenge on the pro-Israel groups that prevented her from serving a third term as a member of the House due to her pro-Palestinian beliefs.

In a fiery speech of concession Tuesday night, Bush claimed that her loss to St. Louis district attorney Wesley Bell only “took some of the strings out” and that her time spent outside the office would be spent campaigning against those who had opposed her.

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee and its super PAC affiliated spent nearly $9 million to support Bell in the Democratic primaries.

She told a group of supporters that all they had done was radicalize her. Now they should be scared. “They are about to see the other Cori. This other side.”

She added, “AIPAC I’m coming for your kingdom.”

Bush is among the lawmakers AIPAC targeted in this election cycle. Bush voted against a Hamas resolution following its attack on Oct. 7, and accuses Israel for its Gaza war of genocide.

The United Democracy Project chose not to run against Rep. Summer Lee, D-PA, even though it spent heavily on her campaign last cycle. However, they have found success in other areas.

It also helped to defeat Rep. Jamaal BOWMAN (D-NY), in a Jewish neighborhood of New York. Bowman, Bush and Lee are all members of the “Squad”, a progressive group in the House. This creates an uncomfortable image for AIPAC. The group is supportive of politicians from both sides but is trying to counteract the rise in anti-Israel sentiments on the left.

In a press release, AIPAC noted that a progressive candidate had defeated Bush and emphasized the role AIPAC played in the defeat of Rep. Bob Good(R-VA), chairman of the House Freedom Caucus.

Good had voted against a package of foreign aid that included $26 billion in aid for Israel.

Marshall Wittmann is a spokesperson for AIPAC. He said that voters across America reject anti-Israel voices and vote instead for candidates who recognize the importance of the U.S. – Israel relationship. Rep. Bush is the third incumbent who has lost because of their failure to stand with America’s ally Israel.

Bush’s Missouri House Primary was not focused on the Gaza war, despite it becoming a hot topic. The group instead highlighted her vote against a bipartisan infrastructure bill that was supported by almost all Democrats in 2021.

Bush alluded at the “deceit” and “distortions” that occurred in her primary. She has in the past defended her voting as a way to maintain leverage, with President Joe Biden’s “Build back Better” agenda still uncertain.

Bush said Tuesday that “it costs a lot to lie”.

Finaly, the $2.2million in support that her campaign received from Justice Democrats – a progressive outside group – was not enough. She lost to Bell by 51% to 46%.

She promised to mobilize grassroots activist from outside when her term ends in January.

She said, “I have no regrets about anything that has happened in my life.” “This happened because it was supposed to happen.” Let me tell you, it was because I have work to do.