Congresswomen targeted by Trump vow to fight his ‘hateful’ policies - The Boston Globe
WASHINGTON — After two days of racially charged attacks by President Trump urging them to leave the country, four Democratic congresswomen of color on Monday defiantly declared they would not back down.
The lawmakers who proudly call themselves “the Squad” – Representatives Ayanna Pressley, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, and Rashida Tlaib — proclaimed their devotion to the United States and urged Americans not to let Trump use the controversy to distract from what they called his “hateful” policies.
“We ran on a mandate to advocate for, to represent those