Members of the "squad," among the most liberal members of Congress, were not in a celebratory mood on the Fourth of July, claiming the Declaration of Independence was written by "enslavers," Americans are standing on "stolen land," and reparations should be given to descendants of Black slaves.
Tweets by U.S. Reps. Cori Bush, D-Mo., and Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., on Tuesday showed they had more to complain about than celebrate the 247th birthday of the nation's founding.