Cori Bush blasted as 'false prophet' after her faith healing stories resurface ahead of Missouri primary

Cori Bush faced online backlash for her past practice of faith healing
Congresswoman Cori Bush's past work as a faith healer resurfaced ahead of the primary election in Missouri (Getty Images)
Congresswoman Cori Bush's past work as a faith healer resurfaced ahead of the primary election in Missouri (Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC: Stories about Rep Cori Bush (D-Mo) being a faith healer in the past and helping ailing people using miracles resurfaced less than two months away from the Missouri primary election scheduled for August 6, reported Fox News.

The Congresswoman had herself spilled the beans, writing about her time working as a faith healer in her 2022 autobiography, 'The Forerunner: A Story of Pain and Perseverance in America.' At the time, the New York Post reportedly published her claim of having an almost supernatural ability to heal others.

The Forerunner: A Story of Pain and Perseverance in America by Cori Bush (penguinrandomhouse.com)
Cori Bush detailed her faith healing stories in her autobiography 'The Forerunner: A Story of Pain and Perseverance in America' (penguinrandomhouse.com)

Stories of Cori Bush's miraculous healing

In her book, the Congresswoman shared instances of her faith healing, which included helping a disabled toddler to walk and curing tumors of an ailing woman.

In the first case, Bush wrote, "The child had had a bleed in her brain, shortly after she was born, and so couldn’t walk. She had never taken a step in her life. I carried the child from the prayer room in the back of the church out into the sanctuary . . . ‘Walk,’ I said gently to the three-year-old girl, ‘you will walk.’ And this girl took her first step. Then another, and another. She walked."

"Her grandmother walked into the sanctuary just in time to see the child take about two dozen steps. She screamed, and then she kept screaming," she continued. "When she caught her breath, she looked at me in wonder and said ‘Praise God.’ She grabbed her granddaughter and walked with her out of the church."

To cite another example, Bush shared, "One woman whom we met had several visible tumors on her torso. She was due to have surgery but lacked health insurance and living in the park. One of the tumors was particularly painful to her. I laid hands on her and prayed, and I felt that my hand was no longer touching a tumor. It shrank along with the others on her body."

"As I learned how to apply God’s Word to my life in new ways, I better understood the power that was already residing in me," she added. "It was there, waiting for me to acknowledge it, to use it. I had the confidence to heal others with God’s power."



 

Internet calls Cori Bush 'false prophet'

Social media users slammed the progressive 'Squad' member over the resurfaced stories about her past, with one user writing on the social media platform X, "Liar and false prophet."



 

"Delusional," slammed another.



 

"And Democrats keep saying they aren’t a cult," jibed a third.



 

"Oh my healings n exorcisms are new summer trend," mocked a fourth user.



 

"Great, another politician touting pseudoscience as evidence for their supposed 'miracles'. Faith healing is just a fancy term for not doing anything to help people who are actually suffering," commented a fifth.



 

This article contains remarks made on the Internet by individual people and organizations. MEAWW cannot confirm them independently and does not support claims or opinions being made online.

GET BREAKING U.S. NEWS & POLITICAL UPDATES
STRAIGHT TO YOUR INBOX.

MORE STORIES

President Donald Trump warned Iran of consequences after an alleged drone attack on a cargo ship, before the US launched strikes on Iranian targets
9 minutes ago
From the Iran conflict to criticism of the Obama Presidential Center, Trump has repeatedly used AI-generated images to communicate with his audience
5 hours ago
AOC argued voters had focused on corporate pricing, housing costs and everyday affordability rather than fear-based political campaigns
5 hours ago
Lara Trump said high living costs drove Americans south, arguing that states like Texas and Florida made it easier for families to raise children
7 hours ago
The BBC said the records were key to its defense, but President Trump's lawyers argued it was turning a defamation case into a Capitol riot inquiry
8 hours ago
A leaked Gaza governance draft gives President Trump authority over immunity waivers while shielding Board members, contractors, and security forces
10 hours ago
'Even if I changed my party, my votes or views wouldn’t change', John Fetterman said, seemingly leaving the door open to exiting the Democratic party
10 hours ago
The findings are part of a broader anti-fraud effort spanning the federal government
18 hours ago
Trump warned NYC's rent freeze would turn buildings into 'ghettos and slums,' push residents out, and accelerate the city's decline
19 hours ago
The criticism came after Vance argued Watergate would be only a '12-hour news story' in today's political and media environment
19 hours ago