Former Reps. Cori Bush and Jamaal Bowman recently revealed how Democrats had been pushing for what started as a $10 trillion bill to help fight climate change.
Ten. Trillion. Dollars.
The two Squad rejects discussed the behind-the-scenes negotiations on their new show, hosted on the Zeteo News Network, a project of MSNBC retread Mehdi Hasan.
The show, called “Bowman and Bush,” promises that the two former members of Congress will be “getting super honest about American politics.”
In the first episode, Bush (D-MO) revealed that progressives insisted on a “climate investment” while trying to implement the Build Back Better Plan and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The investment was to include funding to fight “climate justice.”
That price tag “kept going down down down,” according to Bush, insisting the money being taken away was “more money for lead…