For the ‘Squad,’ a Split-Screen Existence In and Out of Congress
Posted on AllSides July 19th, 2019
From The Center
New progressives Omar, Ocasio-Cortez, Pressley and Tlaib attracted celebrity-like attention even before they became representatives; in the House, they have frequently rankled colleagues.
WASHINGTON—After weeks in the news because of her disputes with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and being on the receiving end of insults from President Trump, Rep. Ilhan Omar marched out of the Capitol Thursday afternoon, bringing traffic to a halt on Independence Avenue by the Mall, and told a gaggle of reporters not to stampede a photographer who fell in the melee.
“For the sake of a story,...
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