Former Congresswoman Cori Bush, a prominent voice of the radical 'Squad,' is openly campaigning on an audacious promise: to fundamentally rewrite the U.S. Constitution, transforming it into a vehicle for the left’s most extreme demands on abortion and gender ideology. Should Missouri voters return her to Congress, Bush has vowed to fight for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), not as a simple guarantee of equality, but as a sweeping tool to enshrine controversial 'trans rights' and 'abortion rights' into the nation's foundational document.
Bush laid out her vision during an appearance on The Lurie Daniel Favors Show, making it clear that reviving the ERA as the 28th Amendment would be a top priority. 'I’m also going to go back and fight for the Equal Rights Amendment. I was the lead sponsor, along with my sister Ayanna Pressley, in the Congress. First time in history,' Bush declared, adding, 'We hit the 100-year mark of the introduction of the Equal Rights Amendment, and two black women were sponsoring that bill.'
The former representative’s rhetoric reveals a far broader ambition than traditional equal rights. 'When we look at the protections with that, discrimination in the workplace based upon sex, in education, in housing, and then also trans rights, abortion rights, so much is up under that equal rights amendment,' Bush explained. 'So enshrining gender equality is important.' For the radical left, 'gender equality' apparently means a constitutional green light for a range of policies that fly in the face of common sense and established legal precedent.
This isn't Bush’s first foray into pushing the boundaries of medical and legal definitions. During a 2023 House hearing on women’s health, she shockingly claimed that transgender individuals require medication abortions to cope with restrictions on sex-change procedures for minors. She went so far as to describe these drugs as 'life-saving' and compared them to over-the-counter medication 'like Tylenol.' Such statements underscore the extreme nature of the ideology she seeks to constitutionally embed.
Bush, who represented her district from 2021 to 2025, is now locked in a fierce comeback bid, facing incumbent Democrat Wesley Bell in Missouri's upcoming primary. Her previous defeat was, predictably, blamed on 'pro-Israel group AIPAC and Republican opponents,' rather than any introspection on her own radical platform.
The very foundation of Bush's ERA push, however, rests on shaky ground. Former President Joe Biden made the astonishing claim in the final days of his term that the ERA was already 'the law of the land' and the 28th amendment. That assertion was swiftly and decisively rejected by legal experts and the National Archives. The Archivist of the United States has consistently refused to certify or publish the amendment, citing Justice Department opinions that the 1982 ratification deadline, which was clearly missed, remains valid. To date, no federal court has recognized the ERA as a legitimate part of the Constitution, despite the left's desperate attempts to declare it so.
Indeed, while the ERA is presented as a simple measure to ensure equal rights, legal scholars and top elected Republicans have meticulously detailed how its broad language would, in fact, abolish vital legal distinctions and protections. These include blocking even the most modest restrictions on abortion, potentially allowing abortion through the moment of birth, opening the door for men to compete in women’s sports and access women’s locker rooms, and even making it legally problematic to observe holidays like Father’s Day and Mother’s Day. The left's constitutional reinterpretation would dismantle biological reality and traditional American values under the guise of 'equality.'
Cori Bush's campaign for a constitutionally mandated radical agenda is a stark reminder of the left's relentless drive to redefine core American principles. This isn't about equal rights; it's about weaponizing the nation's founding document to impose a woke ideology that undermines common sense, biological truth, and the protections vital to families and women. Protecting the Constitution from such aggressive reinterpretation is a crucial fight for all Americans who believe in preserving our nation's integrity and traditional values against the radical left's relentless assault.
