Cori Bush moving office away from Marjorie Taylor Greene ‘for team’s safety’

Cori Bush will move her congressional office away from Marjorie Taylor Greene’s after the Republican congresswoman and her staff “berated” and “targeted” the Black Democratic lawmaker from Missouri on social media, she said.

“I'm moving my office away from hers for my team's safety,” she announced on Twitter on Friday.

Among the St Louis congresswoman’s first proposals in Congress was a resolution to expel lawmakers like Ms Greene and other GOP members of Congress who supported former president Donald Trump’s false claims of election fraud that inspired violence at the Capitol on 6 January.

“I've called for the expulsion of members who incited the insurrection from Day 1,” Ms Bush said. “Bring [the resolution] to a vote.”

More than 30 lawmakers have asked congressional leadership for increased security at their home offices, fearing additional security threats among supporters of the former president and Republican lawmakers.

A growing list of uncovered social media posts and video footage has revealed Ms Greene’s apparent support for violence against Democratic officials and conspiracy theories suggesting school shootings were “false flag” and “staged” events.

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