| | [[File:Islam-flag-1.png|right|300px|thumb|The Squad left to right: Tlaib, Omar, Ocassio-Cortez, Presley.]] | | [[File:Islam-flag-1.png|right|300px|thumb|The Squad left to right: Tlaib, Omar, Ocassio-Cortez, Presley.]] |
| − | '''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. | + | '''The Squad''', sometimes the '''Jihad Squad''', are a [[clique]] of four [[extremist]] Congresswomen 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. |
| | In 2019, Ocasio-Cortez led a group of domestic terrorists in a takeover of [[Speaker Nancy Pelosi]]'s office inside the [[U.S. Capitol]] building.<ref>https://www.westernjournal.com/ocasio-cortez-activists-occupy-nancy-pelosis-office-demand-green-new-deal/</ref> | | In 2019, Ocasio-Cortez led a group of domestic terrorists in a takeover of [[Speaker Nancy Pelosi]]'s office inside the [[U.S. Capitol]] building.<ref>https://www.westernjournal.com/ocasio-cortez-activists-occupy-nancy-pelosis-office-demand-green-new-deal/</ref> |