White House blasts Rep. Cori Bush's rhetoric after she lost her primary

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said President Biden condemns the Missouri Democratic Rep. Cori Bush's recent fiery criticism of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).

“Look, the president has always been very clear — and very recently, after the assassination attempt of the last president — about lowering rhetoric, right? Lowering political rhetoric and the importance of doing that,” Jean-Pierre said Wednesday at a press briefing. “It is important — important that we be very mindful of what we say. This kind of rhetoric is inflammatory and divisive and incredibly unhelpful.”

Jean-Pierre said the White House is "going to continue to condemn any type of political rhetoric in that way, in that vein."

"It is important to be mindful in what we say and how we say it. But we cannot have this type of inflammatory, divisive language in our political discourse," she said.

Bush, who has been critical of Israel and called for a ceasefire shortly after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, lost her primary on Tuesday. She vowed to take down AIPAC.

“As much as I love my job, all they did was radicalize me, and now they should be afraid,” Bush said after her loss. “They’re about to see this other Cori, this other side,” she said, adding, “AIPAC, I’m coming to tear your kingdom down."