Several members of the “Squad” spent their weekend south of the border doing what they do best: bashing the United States on foreign soil.
At the second annual Panamerican Congress in Mexico City — a leftist summit designed to challenge U.S. influence — Reps. Ilhan Omar (MN), Rashida Tlaib (MI), Ayanna Pressley (MA), Summer Lee (PA), Jesús García (IL), and Delia Ramirez (IL) all took turns sounding off on America’s supposed sins.
Ramirez — who proudly touts that her husband is an illegal immigrant — led the charge. In Spanish, she told the crowd: “I’m a proud Guatemalan before I’m an American.” She then accused the U.S. of prioritizing “imperialism, militarization, conquest, control, [and] domination.” That’s not just criticism of policy — that’s a sitting U.S. congresswoman declaring she identifies more with another country than the one she swore an oath to serve.
The White House wasted no time firing back. “These Democrats’ comments are despicable and underscore their commitment to putting Americans last,” said Trump spokesperson Liz Huston, contrasting their rhetoric with Trump’s focus on securing peace deals, deporting criminal illegal aliens, and advancing U.S. interests.
The event wasn’t just an anti-U.S. gripe session — it veered into applause for anti-Israel activism too. Colombia’s deputy minister of multilateral affairs, Mauricio Jaramillo Jassir, called Rashida Tlaib a “symbol of resistance,” drawing a standing ovation. That tells you the kind of crowd this was.
The conference itself was organized by Progressive International — a radical group that describes capitalism as a “virus” that must be “eradicated” — in partnership with Morena, Mexico’s ruling left-wing party. In case there was any doubt about the tone, the group’s own website calls the U.S. the “lynchpin of imperial violence,” blaming our military for “destroying nation after nation.”
Gerardo Fernández Noroña, president of the Mexican Senate, even ripped the Trump administration for its treatment of migrants, comparing detention facilities to “prisons banned since World War II.”
Translation: this wasn’t diplomacy — it was a podium for radicals to rail against America while U.S. lawmakers nodded along.
If you want to know why Trump keeps hammering “America First” — this is Exhibit A.
