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The Squad is staying in Washington — and may be growing.
The four progressive congresswomen who make up the group — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan — were each set to glide to re-election on Tuesday.
Bronx-born Ocasio-Cortez, 31, trounced Republican challenger John Cummings, securing another two years in Congress.
Meanwhile, Omar, 38, also sailed to a double-digit victory over Lacy Johnson, a black IT engineer endorsed by President Trump.
Both Pressley, 46, and Tlaib, 44, also seemed poised to win by large margins.
Congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (top left), Ilhan Omar (top right), Rashida Tlaib (bottom left) and Ayanna Pressley (bottom right)AP; AFP via Getty Images; REUTERS(2)All four of the reps were endorsed by Justice Democrats, a progressive group that backed at least two more House candidates who won their races in 2020: Jamaal Bowman in New York and Cori Bush in Missouri.
Bush, a Black Lives Matter activist, was also featured in the 2019 Netflix documentary “Knock Down the House.”
The doc followed the 2018 primary campaigns of four Democratic female candidates, including Ocasio-Cortez.
