Unite and Conquer

摘要

IN JULY, IN the midst of messy negotiations to send billions in emergency funding to the border, a fight over the future of the Democratic Party bubbled into view. For months, Democrats had been demanding more robust protections for the children in overcrowded detention centers, but, cornered by moderate Democrats, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suddenly backed down. Members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, including the four freshman congresswomen who make up the Squad, were outraged. Mark Pocan called moderates the "Child Abuse Caucus," and House leadership fired back, tweeting an insult at Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's chief of staff.