Meet the ‘Freedom Squad’: The Republican answer to AOC’s left-wing ‘Squad’

Published November 23, 2020 11:45pm ET



Two Florida Republicans set to arrive on Capitol Hill in January already have a goal in mind: start a rival group to counter the “Squad” of liberal freshman lawmakers who took Washington, D.C., by storm two years ago.

Carlos Gimenez, the former Miami-Dade County mayor, and Maria Elvira Salazar, an ex-TV journalist, who both won their House races earlier this month, explained to the Miami Herald that they want to start a “Freedom Squad” to fight the far-left wing of the Democratic Party.

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