Ocasio-Cortez and Omar, together with fellow Democrats Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, have called themselves a “squad” in social media posts and have publicly come to each other’s defense. Tlaib, who was on stage with Omar at an event last week when she made the comment about “allegiance to a foreign country” that’s been criticized, later compared Omar to “civil rights icons before us who spoke out about oppressive policies.”

Source: Los Angeles Times March 06, 2019 16:07 UTC