Article snippet: A Morning Consult poll this week found that 40% of registered voters think the “Squad” represents “the views of Democrats in Washington, compared with 58% who said the same was true of” Pelosi. The poll, conducted July 19-21 among 1,992 registered voters with 2-point margin of error, also found that 54% of voters believe Pelosi is representative of “Democratic voters” compared to 41% for the “Squad.” Veteran journalist Carl Leubsdorf, the Washington columnist for the Dallas Morning News, explained this week why the “Squad” actually has less power than Tea Party-aligned conservatives did when they helped Republicans take back Congress in 2010: A Rasmussen Reports national poll conducted July 15-16 also found that “42% of Likely Democratic Voters believe Democrats in Congress should be more like Pelosi than like Squad leader Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez while just 29% “think congressional Democrats should be more like Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez.” Pelosi and Ocasio-Cortez finally had their meeting on Friday after the freshman Democrat used the race card against the House Speaker, accusing Pelosi of targeting and singling out female Democrats of color. When reporters asked if they had buried the hatched, Pelosi claimed she did not “think there was any hatchet.” “We’re in a political arena,” Pelosi reportedly said. “In a family you have your differences but you’re still a family.” Link to the full article to read more