Cori Bush accused of 'grifting' for introducing Mike Brown Bill: 'She knows she's lying'

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Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., a member of the progressive "Squad" group in the House, kicked over an online beehive by introducing legislation to commemorate Michael Brown, whose death at police hands sparked riots in 2014.

"Mike Brown should be turning 28 today, but his life was taken by a Ferguson police officer," Bush wrote on Monday in a social media post. "In Mike’s honor and alongside his mother, Lezley McSpadden, I am reintroducing the Helping Families Heal Act, also known as the Mike Brown Bill. #HelpUsHeal."

In a video she shared along with the announcement, Bush lamented Brown’s death, speaking about how this bill would help families who are "harmed by police violence." After speaking about the act she declared, "Happy Birthday Mike Brown, rest in power."

Witnesses at the time claimed Brown had his hands up when he was shot and killed by Officer Darren Wilson, leading to the "Hands up, don't shoot" mantra that marked protests at the time. However, subsequent investigations, including by the Obama administration's Department of Justice, revealed corroborated Wilson's account of the story that he acted in self-defense when he killed Brown.

Conservative commentators on social media also recalled a different narrative about Brown’s death nearly 10 years ago.

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