Not long ago, ‘The Squad’ was the belle of the ball, getting front-page spreads on the magazines as the ‘next new thing’. Now, the Show-me state became the show-Cori-the-door-state.
Fawning crowds are fickle things, especially in the backstabbing world of politics.
When they first arrived on the scene, they showed up with massive social media followings and an ability to summon an army of social media activists to swarm any dissenting opinion. To political types where communication is often mistaken for actual results, they looked like they were the next horse to which a political wagon could be hitched.
A lot has changed since the Squad came to town. Elections have come and gone. So has a pandemic. And we’re on the threshold of politics becoming a LOT more personal than they used to be… as in, questions of ‘I can’t pay my bills’ now overtaking concerns about niche red team/blue team issues.
The issues championed by the squad haven’t been improving the lives of people in their neighborhoods. Town halls have even taken on a whole other tone… a far less friendly one that the let’s have a party vibe they rode in on.
Cori Bush, one of the