The "Squad" Arrives

The "Squad" Arrives with Radical, Far Left Agenda

Today, we take note of a "red flag" recently raised by Liberty Counsel Action on the radical domestic and international agenda of several newly-elected lawmakers. Incoming US Representatives-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), (who have now been dubbed "The Squad"), are part of the new Congressional class that arrived on Capitol Hill this week. They have come prepared for their "mission" to advance a radical far-left agenda.

1) Ilhan Omar, a Somali-American Representative-elect from Minnesota, a "progressive rising star," is one of the first two Muslim women elected to the US Congress.

- She refers to Israel as "the apartheid Israeli regime" and supports the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS movement) designed to strangle Israel's economy.

- Her domestic policy states, "I will achieve a bold, progressive agenda-where we have Medicare for All, tuition-and debt-free college, housing as a human right, a clean environment for future generations, and elections that cannot be bought."

2) Rashida Tlaib self-describes as a "proud Palestinian-American Muslim woman" and Democratic Socialist. She wrapped herself in a Palestinian flag during her victory celebration.

- She is no friend of Israel, and advocates for the Palestinian "Right of Return," which states that Palestinian refugees and their descendants displaced by war have a right to return to lands they left behind in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank.

- She calls for a one-state solution in the Middle East. Inhabitants of Israel, the West Bank, Jerusalem and Gaza would coexist in one country with a one-person, one-vote elected government.

- As a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, Tlaib has vowed to "outwork every single thing on the agenda of the right wing."

3) New York's Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the youngest woman ever elected to Congress and a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.

- On Tuesday, Ocasio-Cortez joined environmental activists for a "Green New Deal" protest outside of Rep. Nancy Pelosi's office. They are calling for a "100 percent renewable energy system and a fully modernized electrical grid by 2035."

4) Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) joins Ocasio-Cortez, Tlaib and Omar in forming "The Squad.

- They are lockstep in their agenda and are already demanding positions of leadership to shape the agenda of the Democrat-led House of Representatives.

The priorities for these women are a "Democratic Socialist Wish List":

- Debt-free college and vocational training
- Overturning President Trump's travel ban
- Medicare for all (ie. a socialized healthcare system)
- Advancing LGBTQ rights
- Immigration reform, including amnesty for illegal immigrants

This part of the Democratic Socialist agenda is only the beginning! Democrats' stated plans include:

- widespread investigations into President Trump and members of his administration,
- possible impeachment proceedings against the President and Justice Kavanaugh,
- issuing subpoenas in order to slow the administration's progress,
- roll back of any advance the Trump administration has made over the past two years.

"Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!" (Isaiah 5:20-21)