'Squad' Members Spent over $325K on Private Security in 2021

Defund the Police sympathizers from the so-called "Squad" collectively spent over $325,000 on private security in 2021, after continuously promoting the radical left-wing policy, according to a report.

Bush, who spent the most out of all of the Squad members, was sworn into office at the beginning of last year but has been a large supporter of defunding the police.

Last year, during a live CBS News interview, she said, "Defunding the police has to happen," but when confronted about hiring private security, she replied: "You would rather me die? Is that what you want to see? You want to see me die?".

The report indicated that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez only spent about $9,800 during the fourth financial quarter filing, but in 2021 she totaled $75,000 - the second biggest spending on private security from the Squad, but tens of thousands of dollars less than Bush.

In the summer of 2020, at the height of the defund the police movement, Ocasio-Cortez, in a statement regarding the proposed budget cuts to the New York Police Department, said, "Defunding police means defunding police."

Rep. Ilhan Omar reportedly spent $30,000 on private security in 2021 after she supported "Dismantling" the police department in Minneapolis in 2020.

While the Squad collectively spent over $325,000 on private security in 2021, groups aligned with Democrat gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams collectively spent over $1.2 million in 2021.

https://www.breitbart.com/law-and-order/2022/02/01/report-defund-the-police-squad-members-spent-over-325k-on-private-security-in-2021/