Hyper-wake Squad member Cori Bush is expected to lose the Democratic primary by twenty-two points, a new poll shows, after she used taxpayer funds to pay her husband to act as a bodyguard while calling for the police to be defunded

‘Squad’ member Cori Bush could lose her seat in Congress in a landslide this summer, according to a new poll.

The Missouri congresswoman, 47, trails rival Welsey Bell by a staggering 22 points in a new poll by GOP firm Remington Research.

Bush, who is on the ballot in the Aug. 6 Democratic primary, was hit by a federal investigation last month over allegations that she misused taxpayer funds to hire her husband as her private security guard.

The former nurse and BLM activist has also seen her support drop over controversial remarks about the Israel-Hamas conflict, including voting against banning Hamas terrorists involved in the Oct. 7 attacks from entering the United States.

The survey sampled only 401 likely Democratic voters in the upcoming primaries, but found a wide gap in support for Bush compared to Bell.

Bell, a prosecutor in St. Louis County, registered with 50 percent support among those polled, while Bush came in at 28 percent.

He previously faced his own charges of spending $30,000 in taxpayer funds.

This included spending an $816 dinner at a Miami steakhouse and spending $8,000 on new office furniture after he took office, including a new espresso machine, reports St. Louis Postal Mail.

The only other candidate in the Democratic primary, former state Rep. Maria Chapelle Nadal, registered at four percent. The measurement had a margin of error of 4.9 percent.

The Democratic primary is essentially seen as the contest to win the seat in Congress, as the district is solidly Democratic and a Republican has not held the office since 1949.

Congresswoman Bush could not be reached for comment and does not appear to have a press contact listed on her website.

The dismal poll comes after Bush has faced severe backlash in recent months following the federal investigation, which she quickly blamed on “right-wing organizations.”

Bush surged during the BLM protests in 2020 and firmly behind the ‘Defund the Police’ movement – despite spending over $750,000 on private security since she was elected that year, sparking accusations of hype.

Last month, the Justice Department subpoenaed the congresswoman for records related to the misuse of funds for this private security after she hired her husband Cortney Merritt as her bodyguard.

Bush’s had previously met her husband after he was hired as her security detail following her election, and they tied the knot in a private ceremony in early 2023.

While hiring family members is frowned upon, it is not illegal. It would only be illegal if the push paid her now-spouse above ‘fair market value’.

In 2022, he was on the payroll of her re-election campaign, and the investigation follows an ethics watchdog demanding an investigation into the $62,000 she paid Merritts from her campaign funds.

It also emerged that Merritts was paid as Bush’s security guard despite not having a license – which is required by St. Louis Police Department, according to a Fox News report.

Merritts was also allegedly not licensed for security in Washington, DC

When confronted by the media following news of the federal investigation, Bush insisted she was not the subject of the investigation and berated reporters for asking the question.

Facing critics who labeled her staggering security spending hypocritical given her stance on police funding for the rest of her constituents, Bush argued that it was a necessity because of threats to her security.

“Since before I was sworn into office, I have endured relentless threats to my physical safety and life,” she told reporters on the House steps after the investigation was announced.

She added that as an “ordinary member of Congress” she is not entitled to personal protection.

Instead, she claims she used campaign funds to retain security services, including her husband, who she said has “extensive” experience in the field.

‘I have not spent any federal tax dollars on personal security services. Any reporting that I have used federal funds for personal security is simply false,” she insisted.

Months before the investigation was launched, Bush also caught the ire of critics after voting against a measure barring Hamas terrorists involved in the Oct. 7 attacks from entering the United States.

Bush, who was joined in his no vote by colleague Rashida Tlaib, called the measure “redundant” and argued that it was designed to incite hatred.

“I opposed HR 6679 because it is a redundant, empty message bill that Republicans are using to target immigrants and incite anti-Palestinian hatred,” she tweeted.

‘Republicans have ZERO credibility on these issues.’

Despite opposition from the two progressive lawmakers, the bill easily passed the House by a vote of 422-2.