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[[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''', 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.
'''The Squad''', sometimes the '''Jihad Squad''', are a [[clique]] of five [[extremist]] Congresswomen who entered the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] in 2019 and 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> the They are [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]] (NY), [[Rashida Tlaib]] (MI), [[Ilhan Omar]] (MN), [[Ayanna Pressley]] (MA) and [[Cori Bush]] (MO). All five are members of the [[Democratic Party|Democrat Party]], the [[Congressional Progressive Caucus]] and the [[Democratic Socialists of America]].
In 2021, the Squad led on insurrection on the [[U.S. Capitol]] steps.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2021/08/02/squad-cori-bush-camping-steps-capitol-hill-eviction-moratorium-nancy-pelosi/</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>
Three of them 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 2021, Cori Bush led on insurrection on the [[U.S. Capitol]] steps.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2021/08/02/squad-cori-bush-camping-steps-capitol-hill-eviction-moratorium-nancy-pelosi/</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>
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: