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'''The Squad''', commonly known as the '''Fraud Squad''', are an opportunist and pseudo-socialist group of U.S. congresspeople in the [[Democratic Party]]. Many of them signed onto the pledge by the [[Justice Democrats]]. Many of them refused to back the popular calls to [[force the vote]] on Medicare for All.<ref>[https://youtu.be/sxO2jbeFrTg McCarthy Speaker Fight Proves Jimmy Dore RIGHT About #ForceTheVote!] by [[Jimmy Dore]] on [[YouTube]]</ref><ref>William J. Astore (2020-12-20). "[https://www.laprogressive.com/political-issues/force-the-vote Force the Vote: Medicare for All]" ''LA Progressive''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20220614221427/https://www.laprogressive.com/political-issues/force-the-vote Archived] from the original on 2022-06-14.</ref><ref>brakoo (2021-01-18). "[https://www.opindia.com/2021/01/force-the-vote-aoc-democratic-party-jimmy-dore-medicare-for-all/ Force the Vote: The churn within the Democratic Party, the ‘Fraud Squad’ and the plank for ‘Medicare for All’ that appears abandoned]" ''Opindia''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20210920033057/https://www.opindia.com/2021/01/force-the-vote-aoc-democratic-party-jimmy-dore-medicare-for-all/ Archived] from the original on 2021-09-20.</ref> Their actions are that of bloodthirsty imperialists, they vote in favor of military budget increases and for funding to Nazis in Ukraine.<ref>''[https://youtu.be/KhRyjV0Zabw Aaron Maté EXPLAINS The Squad's Lack Of RESISTANCE (clip)]'' on [[Sabby Sabs|Sabby Sabs podcast]] (feat. [[Aaron Maté]] on [[Tucker Carlson]])</ref> They cowardly withdrew their signatures of an anti-war letter, succumbing to the pro-war agenda of the corrupt Democratic Party.<ref>[https://www.npr.org/2022/10/25/1131347005/progressive-democrats-ukraine-letter-withdraw-biden Progressive Democrats withdraw letter calling for more diplomatic efforts with Russia] by [[NPR]]</ref><ref>[https://youtu.be/_ykHwrd9eM4?t=758 (12:38)] "As far as the rest of the squad, it's absolutely pathetic..." ''[[Caleb Maupin|Caleb]] chats with [[Nick Brana]], founder of the [[Peoples Party]]'' on [[YouTube]]</ref> The Squad has been increasingly subjected to public heckling and confrontation by ex-supporters.<ref>[https://youtu.be/2ZyFK-fWD9w AOC & Jamaal Bowman CONFRONTED By Their Own Voters! (clip)] by [[Sabby Sabs]] on [[YouTube]]</ref> ==Membership== Initial members elected in 2018: *[[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]] *[[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.<ref>{{News citation|title=Force the Vote: The churn within the Democratic Party, the ‘Fraud Squad’ and the plank for ‘Medicare for All’ that appears abandoned|url=https://www.opindia.com/2021/01/force-the-vote-aoc-democratic-party-jimmy-dore-medicare-for-all/}}</ref> ===Criticism of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez=== *AOC Lines Up with Pelosi, Bolton and Trump in Support of Coup Attempt in Venezuela<ref>[https://orinocotribune.com/aoc-lines-up-with-pelosi-bolton-and-trump-in-support-of-coup-attempt-in-venezuela/ AOC Lines Up with Pelosi, Bolton and Trump in Support of Coup Attempt in Venezuela]</ref> *AOC praises corrupt oligarch billionaire Nancy Pelosi<ref>[https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-ocasio-cortez-on-the-view-20200219-gcliuehkgbb77dovdjxt3j2p3i-story.html AOC visits ‘The View’ to praise Nancy Pelosi as the ‘mama bear of the Democratic Party’ and chide ‘Bernie bros’]</ref> *AOC votes "present" on the Israel funding vote and cannot sufficiently defend her vote.<ref>[https://youtu.be/MhIYTEWUItA 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]]</ref> *In 2021, AOC transferred $160k of her own campaign funds to right-wing "CIA Democrats"<ref>[https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/04/05/demo-a05.html Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez funds the CIA Democrats] by [[Eric London]] on [https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/04/05/demo-a05.html World Socialist Web Site], the publication of the [[Trotskyism|Trotskyist]] [[Fourth International]]</ref> *Did not support [[force the vote]] to demand [[Medicare for All]]<ref>{{News citation|title=Force the Vote: The churn within the Democratic Party, the ‘Fraud Squad’ and the plank for ‘Medicare for All’ that appears abandoned|url=https://www.opindia.com/2021/01/force-the-vote-aoc-democratic-party-jimmy-dore-medicare-for-all/}}</ref> ===Criticism of Ilhan Omar=== *Ilhan Omar supporting $62B bill that includes unconditional support for Israel<ref>[https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210802-ilhan-omar-votes-for-bill-to-continue-unconditional-us-aid-to-israel/ Ilhan Omar backs $62bn bill that includes continued unconditional support for Israel]</ref> ===Criticism of Jamaal Bowman=== *Jamaal Bowman praised imperialist war criminal Colin Powell upon his death.<ref>[https://twitter.com/jamaalbowmanny/status/1450093676303114242?s=21 Jamaal Bowman on Twitter] on 10/18/21</ref> ===Support for Ukrainian Nazis=== The Squad (with the exception of Cori Bush) 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> == Further reading == * [https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/The_Squad_(United_States_Congress) The Squad on ProleWiki] == References ==
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