You really got to feel badly for Cori Bush here.
Well, no, you don't, not really. But you can easily imagine feeling badly for someone who hadn't spent so much time advocating so many terrible ideas:
A new book by lefty Democratic Rep. Cori Bush (D-Missouri) debuted with a face-plant this month, selling just 729 copies in its first week, according to industry tracker NPD BookScan.
"The Forerunner: A Story of Pain and Perseverance in America," was released by Knopf on Oct. 4. The publisher paid Bush — an anti-police socialist who stoked BLM riots in 2020 — an advance of at least $50,000, Bush's financial disclosure reports show.
Things only went downhill from there, with NDP reporting just 288 books sold in its second week.
Knopf logging in to check the sales numbers on that book:
And man, the media really went to the wall for this one!
The public yawn comes despite an intense marketing blitz, which included fawning reviews from friendly outlets like New York Magazine and Forbes Women. The book received glowing testimonials from Whoopi Goldberg, Margaret Hoover and Joy Reid. Bush even plugged the memoir on "The View" and "The Daily Show" on the day of its release.
Cori Bush right now:
