The squad's outsized power

David Harsanyi writes,

The “squad,” which is surely “gaining adherents and intensity” as moderate Democrats shed seats due to the party’s progressive turn, already has outsized power. It can stop bills right now. A few months ago, it nearly sunk funding for Israel’s defensive Iron Dome system, perhaps the only spending that squad members passionately oppose. (Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., was in tears because she had abstained from cutting off spending on a system that saves thousands of lives.)

The Biden administration already uses Ocasio-Cortez’s branding for its climate change agenda, and virtually every Democrat defends the administration’s every move. These are consequential politicians treated with reverence by the press.

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