The Squad (United States Congress)
The Squad is the unofficial name for a group of six progressives elected in the 2018 and 2020 Congressional elections in the United States House of Representatives. Members are Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jamaal Bowman of New York; Ilhan Omar of Minnesota; Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts; Cori Bush of Missouri; and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan. All are people of color, Democrats, and when elected, were under 50 years old. It has been said The Squad reflects the diversity of a younger political generation inspired by Bernie Sanders's 2016 presidential campaign. Ocasio-Cortez named the original group of four--Omar, Pressley, Ocasio-Cortez and Tlaib--"The Squad" in an Instagram post a week after election day 2018.