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The Squad is a group of six Democratic Party members of the U.S. House of Representatives. Although this group has been described as being the most progressive and left-wing members of the U.S. Congress, it has increasingly been criticized for succumbing to the political weight of the pro-imperialist, right-wing Democratic Party and its billionaire donors.^[1]

Membership

Initial members elected in 2018:

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC)
Ilhan Omar
Ayanna Pressley
Rashida Tlaib

Additional members elected in 2020:

Jamaal Bowman
Cori Bush

Criticism

While the right-wing media endlessly hounds The Squad for nominally supporting progressive policies, left-wing criticisms of them also exist. Here are some examples of various criticisms that have been waged.^[2]

Criticism of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

AOC Lines Up with Pelosi, Bolton and Trump in Support of Coup Attempt in Venezuela^[3]
AOC praises corrupt oligarch billionaire Nancy Pelosi^[4]
AOC votes "present" on the Israel funding vote and cannot sufficiently defend her vote.^[5]
In 2021, AOC transferred $160k of her own campaign funds to right-wing "CIA Democrats"^[6]
Did not support force the vote to demand Medicare for All^[7]

Criticism of Ilhan Omar

Ilhan Omar supporting $62B bill that includes unconditional support for Israel^[8]

Criticism of Jamaal Bowman

Jamaal Bowman praised imperialist war criminal Colin Powell upon his death.^[9]

Support for Ukrainian Nazis

The whole squad (and the whole Democratic Party) voted in favor of sending billions of dollars to Ukrainian Nazis during the 2022 Russo-Ukrainian conflict.^[10]^[11]^[12]

References

[1] Richard Medhurst (2021-10-19). "The Squad' Always Votes Against You" YouTube.

[2] "Force the Vote: The churn within the Democratic Party, the ‘Fraud Squad’ and the plank for ‘Medicare for All’ that appears abandoned".

[3] AOC Lines Up with Pelosi, Bolton and Trump in Support of Coup Attempt in Venezuela

[4] AOC visits ‘The View’ to praise Nancy Pelosi as the ‘mama bear of the Democratic Party’ and chide ‘Bernie bros’

[5] AOC's Ridiculous Word Salad Over Israel Funding Vote on Oct 14, 2021 by The Jimmy Dore Show featuring Nick Cruze of Fred Hampton Leftists

[6] Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez funds the CIA Democrats by Eric London on World Socialist Web Site, the publication of the Trotskyist Fourth International

[7] "Force the Vote: The churn within the Democratic Party, the ‘Fraud Squad’ and the plank for ‘Medicare for All’ that appears abandoned".

[8] Ilhan Omar backs $62bn bill that includes continued unconditional support for Israel

[9] Jamaal Bowman on Twitter on 10/18/21

[10] Jimmy Dore and Jackson Hinkle (2022-05-15). "Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Fiery Speech Embarrasses Dems & Squad On Ukraine" The Jimmy Dore Show.

[11] "The Squad nowhere to be seen as Ukraine package sails through".

[12] Max Blumenthal and Aaron Maté (2022-05-27). "Bernie and the Squad surrender to the war machine's Ukraine scam" The Grayzone.

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 === Support for Ukrainian Nazis ===
-The whole squad (and the whole Democratic Party) voted in favor of sending billions of dollars to Ukrainian Nazis during the [[2022 Russo-Ukrainian conflict]].<ref>{{News citation|author=[[Jimmy Dore]] and [[Jackson Hinkle]]|newspaper=[[The Jimmy Dore Show]]|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Fiery Speech Embarrasses Dems & Squad On Ukraine|date=2022-05-15|url=https://youtu.be/37N-2b0Py8g}}</ref><ref>{{News citation|title=The Squad nowhere to be seen as Ukraine package sails through|url=https://unherd.com/thepost/the-squad-nowhere-to-be-seen-as-ukraine-package-sails-through/}}</ref>
+The whole squad (and the whole Democratic Party) voted in favor of sending billions of dollars to Ukrainian Nazis during the [[2022 Russo-Ukrainian conflict]].<ref>{{News citation|author=[[Jimmy Dore]] and [[Jackson Hinkle]]|newspaper=[[The Jimmy Dore Show]]|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Fiery Speech Embarrasses Dems & Squad On Ukraine|date=2022-05-15|url=https://youtu.be/37N-2b0Py8g}}</ref><ref>{{News citation|title=The Squad nowhere to be seen as Ukraine package sails through|url=https://unherd.com/thepost/the-squad-nowhere-to-be-seen-as-ukraine-package-sails-through/}}</ref><ref>{{News citation|author=[[Max Blumenthal]] and [[Aaron Maté]]|newspaper=[[The Grayzone]]|title=Bernie and the Squad surrender to the war machine's Ukraine scam|date=2022-05-27|url=https://youtu.be/iCP6AxQqZd8}}</ref>
 == References ==
 [[Category:United States Congress]]