Squad Aims to Put More Money Where Their Mouths Are With New Political Fund

In a move that formalizes their famed political alliance, the four first-term Democratic Congresswomen known informally as "The Squad" today launched The Squad Victory Fund, a joint committee to raise money that will be spent to support each other and like minded candidates in campaign efforts and to advance progressive causes.

The first endorsements from the quartet—Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan—were for one another as they approach their first re-election bids in what are all predominantly Democratic districts. Ocasio-Cortez won her June 22 primary in a landslide and Pressley is unopposed, but Omar and Tlaib both face credible challengers in August primaries.

Beyond supporting their own collective political futures, the Squad Victory Fund plans to funnel money raised through their individual PACs to "provide vital resources to continue to organize and mobilize a broad, diverse grassroots movement across the country," according to a press release.