A story straight out The Onion came true in a matter of hours after the satirical website posted a story in which 82-year-old Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-N.J.) asked to be let into “The Squad.”That’s the group of Democratic lawmakers ― all women of color ― who have been the subject of President Donald Trump’s racist tweets: Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. But Pascrell seized the moment on Monday, shared a link to the Onion story on his Twitter feed and asked if he could join the group:

Source: Huffington Post July 17, 2019 07:41 UTC