A joint fundraising committee for four progressive House Democrats has brought in a whopping $2.35 million during this election cycle, which is a new record, while barring any donations from the Fraternal Order of Police, according to information gleaned off federal filings and the disclosure of the committee itself.
The Squad Victory Fund, which was established and authorized by the infamous “Squad” members from the House of Representatives, includes Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY); Ilhan Omar (D-MN); Ayanna Pressley (D-MA); and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI). The point behind the creation of the fund was to provide the four lawmakers, and the political groups allied with them, a shared vehicle to help collect and then distribute campaign contributions.
The fund’s donor rules clearly outline who it is allowed to collect money from and who it isn’t. The Fraternal Order of Police is on The Squad Victory Fund naughty list. The FOP is the largest police organization in the country. The fund also banned donations from corporations, federal lobbyists, and fossil fuel interests. The financial disclosures do not list a reason for the exclusion of FOP.
According to a report from Fox News, there are four allied PACs that are participants in the group. Contributions sent to the group are divided equally among the eight participants in the fund, with each individual being allotted 12.5%, though donors can designate their contributions for a specific participant.
As of this writing, the fund has managed to raise $2,351,388.02 during the 2025-2026 election cycle, which is its highest total to date, according to a summary provided by the FEC. Data also revealed that it spent $1.6 million through March 31, and reported having $68,000 in cash on hand. The committee is still active, so the figures are likely to change.
The hostility of the fund and the Squad members involved with it are not surprising. Many of these lawmakers expressed support for defunding local police departments following the death of George Floyd in 2020. One of the big supporters of the movement in the early days was Ocasio-Cortez. In August, she said that she had moved away from statements or policies concerning police funding or the abolition of prisons.
“I have a local city councilman that has this saying: ‘Woke 1 was crazy’… especially during Covid, I think that the doors were really open in trying to entertain any and every policy that was going to get us to a better place. And I actually think that the discussions that were had in that time were quite fruitful,” she went on to say during an interview.
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“I think that when we talk about crime today, it’s fundamentally different than the way that we talked about crime in bringing crime down. And I think that we all share in the goals of having as low a crime rate as possible. I think that, you know, during lockdown, of course, rhetoric in that time is not rhetoric that we would use today,” AOC continued.
“And I’m grateful that these candidates have the opportunity to present who they are to their electorate and what they’re campaigning on in this moment,” the New York Democrat said. However, the overall consensus of those in the Squad is that it would look bad for them to take money from police officers, which would conflict with their stated values.