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AOC 'squad' revolts: Ayanna Pressley says no more 'black faces that don’t want to be a black voice'

Posted on AllSides July 13th, 2019
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A liberal group that backs "The Squad" of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other liberal freshman lawmakers has been wreaking havoc among the Democratic Party in the House of Representatives.

Justice Democrats, a political action committee founded by Ocasio-Cortez's chief of staff Saikat Chakrabarti, has been backing several liberal candidates to run in primary races against Democratic incumbents, a fact that has alarmed the Congressional Black Caucus, among others.

During a panel discussion at the Netroots Nation convention in Philadelphia, Rep. Ayanna Pressley took a shot at the CBC. "I don’t...

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