Ocasio-Cortez downplays tensions between Pelosi and 'the Squad'

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By John Wagner July 17 at 8:57 AM

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in an interview broadcast Wednesday downplayed tensions with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, saying there is not a “fundamental fracture” between the Democratic leader and the four liberal lawmakers known as “the Squad.”

The comments by Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) were recorded Tuesday as the Democratic-led House voted to condemn President Trump for racist tweets about the four minority congresswomen that were widely seen as an attempt to exploit their divisions with Pelosi.

“Just as there were members of Congress that did not vote for the speaker on the House floor the day of our swearing in, just as there are members who challenge her conclusions, who disagree with her, so do we from time to time, but that does not mean that there is a fundamental fracture or a dehumanizing going on within our caucus,” Ocasio-Cortez said in the interview on “CBS This Morning.”

She was interviewed jointly with freshman Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), the other members of “the Squad.”

Omar also said, “I don’t feel a fracture.”

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