‘Inflammatory And Divisive!’ Jean-Pierre Slams Rep. Cori Bush Over ‘Tear Your Kingdom Down’ Rant

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre slammed Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) over a rant in which she vowed to AIPAC “I’m coming to tear your kingdom down.”

Bush was defiant after she lost her Democratic primary Tuesday night, lashing out at the lobbying group in her speech:

But all they did was radicalize me, and so now they make me afraid. See, now they are about to see this other Cori, this other side, because let me say this, I just grew up a whole lot more over the last few weeks – just grew up a whole different way. And so what they are about to get, they think… I don’t think that anything, there is nothing that happens in my life that happens in vain. So this happened, it’s because it was meant to happen. And let me say, it’s because of the work that I need to do. And let me say this: AIPAC, I’m coming to tear your kingdom down.

The quote is a reference to a gospel song warning to Satan .

At Wednesday’s White House press briefing , Jean-Pierre ripped Bush over the “divisive” speech:

Q Hey, Karine. A follow-up on Cori Bush. She gave a speech last night after the results came in, and she said to AIPAC, who spent heavily against her, “I’m coming to tear your kingdom down.” Does the president have an opinion on that statement?

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: So, 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. It is important — important that we be very mindful of what we say. This kind of rhetoric is inflammatory and divisive and incredibly unhelpful.

And, look, we’re going to continue to condemn any type of political rhetoric in that way, in that vein. And so, it is important to be mindful in what we say and how we say it. But we cannot have this type of inflammatory, di- — divisive language in our political discourse.

Q (Inaudible.)

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Not now, not ever.

Watch above via The White House .