'''The Squad''' are a [[clique]] of four [[Communist]] members who entered the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] in the 116th Congress (2019–2021). 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 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''' are a [[clique]] of four [[Communist]] members who entered the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] in the 116th Congress (2019–2021). 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 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. |