Representative Jamaal Bowman has become the first member of House progressive Democrats’ “Squad” to lose his seat. Bowman lost the Democratic primary for New York’s 16th Congressional District on Tuesday night to George Latimer, a former state lawmaker now serving as Westchester County’s executive. he race was called less than an hour after polls closed. […]
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Biden In Public Argument With Squad Member
President Biden and Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib engaged in a tense, roughly eight-minute conversation on the airport tarmac Detroit after Biden’s arrival there Monday. Tlaib refused to say what she and the president discussed, but at one point Biden patted the congresswoman’s shoulder. Later, during a speech in Dearborn, he lavishly complimented her. “I want […]
AOC’s Squad Losing Ground In Their Re-Election Bids
Two of the four members of the group known as “The Squad” – an influential group of progressive first-term minority congresswomen – are facing serious Democratic primary challengers in the coming weeks. In Minnesota’s heavily Democratic 5th Congressional District – which covers much of the city of Minneapolis and was ground zero for the nationwide […]