How the Anti-Squad Trolled Its Way to Congress

Far-right politicians Lauren Boebert, Madison Cawthorn, and Marjorie Taylor Greene are here to perform — not legislate

Andrea González-Ramírez
GEN
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7 min readJan 28, 2021

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A photo illustration collage of Lauren Boebert, Madison Cawthorn, and Marjorie Taylor Greene displayed on a phone.
Photo illustration, sources: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds, Emily Kask/AFP/Getty; Committee on Arrangements for 2020 RNC/Getty

On the night Madison Cawthorn became the youngest person elected to the 117th Congress, he tweeted three simple words: “Cry more, lib.” It was the perfect bookend for the North Carolina…

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Andrea González-Ramírez
GEN
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Award-winning Puerto Rican journalist. Senior Writer at New York Magazine’s The Cut. Formerly GEN, Refinery29, and more. Read my work: https://www.thecut.com/