Yeah, this Axios framing is a little too simple. Do you remember “vast numbers of elected Democrats” calling to abolish ICE? 
https://twitter.com/ryanlcooper/status/1494668006269636620
The ideas being talked about didn’t come from the squad. Axios cites “transgender rights” as a problem for Dems in Virginia. That’s a mainstream Dem cause that predates the squad; and its advocate in Virginia last year was Maoist revolutionary Terry McAuliffe.
“The squad” grew out of Justice Democrats, which grew out of the Bernie 2016 campaign, which saw a lot of the identity politics Dems are now panicking about *used against it by the Clinton campaign.*
(deleted a version of that tweet w a typo because I was distracted by how nice my walk is this morning.)
Anyway, Dems are distancing themselves from some left-wing ideas, but two main problems for the party — voter exhaustion with the pandemic/restrictions, Manchin and Sinema blocking BBB — aren’t “squad” issues. (And the squad wants even a shrunk down BBB to pass.)
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