US House ‘Squad’ faces rocky terrain as controversies pile up
Members of the Squad – the coterie of progressive Democrats in the House of Representatives – are now facing some of the biggest existential threats on numerous fronts.
The group — which initially consisted of Congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota — became prominent during Donald Trump’s presidency. It later added members such as Congressman Jamaal Bowman of New York and Congresswoman Cori Bush of Missouri in 2020 and Greg Casar of Texas and Summer Lee of Pennsylvania in 2022.
During Joe Biden’s time in the White House, the Squad has sought to put pressure on the
