'Squad' Members Rally Around Uncommitted Delegates Staging DNC Sit-In Over Lack of Speaker Slot

Omar and Lee join protest outside of United Center, while AOC calls to offer support CHICAGO—Several members of the left-wing "Squad," including Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.), joined uncommitted Democratic National Convention delegates who staged a sit-in outside the United Center over the party's denial of their request for a speaking slot. Omar and Rep. Summer Lee (D., Pa.) sat with the delegates near the north entrance to the United Center, where vice presidential nominee Tim Walz spoke Wednesday evening. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) called in to endorse the...