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[[File:Hateful-Four-DT-600.jpg|right|300px|thumb|'''The Squad.''' While the Squad highlighted the racism, anti-Semitism, and bigotry of the Democrat party, it attempted to portray radical leftist Speaker [[Nancy Pelosi]] as a centrist and substitute the booming [[economy]], an issue beneficial to all Americans, with a message promoting [[hate]] and racial strife.<br>''Photo Branco Americans for Limited Government'']]
 
[[File:Hateful-Four-DT-600.jpg|right|300px|thumb|'''The Squad.''' While the Squad highlighted the racism, anti-Semitism, and bigotry of the Democrat party, it attempted to portray radical leftist Speaker [[Nancy Pelosi]] as a centrist and substitute the booming [[economy]], an issue beneficial to all Americans, with a message promoting [[hate]] and racial strife.<br>''Photo Branco Americans for Limited Government'']]
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'''The Squad''' are a [[clique]] of four rookie [[Communist]] politicians who entered the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] in the 116th Congress (2019–2021).<ref>Loudon, Trevor (October 8, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/33480-the-squad The Squad]. ''The New American''. Retrieved October 17, 2019.</ref> They are [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]] (NY), [[Rashida Tlaib]] (MI), [[Ilhan Omar]] (MN) and [[Ayanna Pressley]] (MA). All four are members of the [[Democratic Party|Democrat Party]], the [[Congressional Progressive Caucus]] and the [[Democratic Socialists of America]]. The four have unanimously endorsed [[Bernie Sanders]] over the Democrat frontrunner [[Elizabeth Warren]] in the [[2020 Presidential election]]. The four women are known for their advocacy and mainstreaming of [[racism]], [[anti-Semitism]] and [[intolerance]], and for their inflammatory and provocative comments regarding [[President of the United States of America]] [[Donald Trump]], often to the point of implicitly endorsing violence against him.
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'''The Squad''' are a [[clique]] of four rookie [[Communist]] politicians who entered the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] in the 116th Congress (2019–2021).<ref>Loudon, Trevor (October 8, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/33480-the-squad The Squad]. ''The New American''. Retrieved October 17, 2019.</ref> They are [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]] (NY), [[Rashida Tlaib]] (MI), [[Ilhan Omar]] (MN) and [[Ayanna Pressley]] (MA). All four are members of the [[Democratic Party|Democrat Party]], the [[Congressional Progressive Caucus]] and the [[Democratic Socialists of America]]. Three of the four endorsed [[Bernie Sanders]] over the Democrat ex-frontrunner [[Elizabeth Warren]] in the [[2020 Presidential election]], while Ayanna Pressley endorsed Warren.<ref>https://theintercept.com/2019/11/06/ayanna-pressley-warren-endorsement/</ref> The four women are known for their advocacy and mainstreaming of [[racism]], [[anti-Semitism]] and [[intolerance]], and for their inflammatory and provocative comments regarding [[President of the United States of America]] [[Donald Trump]], often to the point of implicitly endorsing violence against him.
    
All four were recruited by Democratic Socialists to run for Congress in 2018.  All four have faced ethical charges within their first months in Congress:
 
All four were recruited by Democratic Socialists to run for Congress in 2018.  All four have faced ethical charges within their first months in Congress:

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