Morning Distribution for Tuesday, August 16, 2022

A [FiveThirtyEight]( email [Morning Distribution]( Tuesday, August 16, 2022 Your daily briefing from FiveThirtyEight --------------------------------------------------------------- The Morning Story [OMAR-DISLIKED-4×3]( [Why Ilhan Omar Almost Lost Her Primary]( By [Alex Samuels]( Conventional wisdom suggests that members of opposing political parties [don’t like each other]( — and I mean [really don’t like each other](. But what does it mean when members of your own party are seemingly aching to get you out of office too? Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar must be asking herself that question [after nearly losing her primary]( on Aug. 9. She is a [member of the progressive group]( of mostly women of color commonly known as “the Squad,” and a week rarely goes by without one of them making headlines: New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been [repeatedly admonished]( by both fans and critics for [alleged political stunts]( Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib [stirred controversy]( in 2019 for dropping the F-bomb while calling for then-President Donald Trump’s impeachment; and Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley and New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman [faced blowback]( in March for posting and then later deleting tweets that seemed to defend actor Will Smith for slapping comedian Chris Rock onstage at the Oscars. In other words, Omar isn’t the only one who’s attracted negative headlines over the years. But it does seem as if Omar routinely receives the most flak from both Republicans and Democrats. It’s a hard thing to quantify, but she may even be the Squad’s most controversial member. [Read more]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Weekly Listen [Play]( [Politics Podcast: Why Have Democrats’ Odds Of Winning The Senate Improved?]( [FiveThirtyEight] [View in browser]( [ABC News]( [Unsubscribe]( Our mailing address: FiveThirtyEight, 47 West 66th Street, New York, NY 10023.