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Ayanna Pressley: The fact that we did not do that is a moral failing. We are standing on the precipice of a national tent city, an…

On the recordJuly 29, 2021
The fact that we did not do that is a moral failing. We are standing on the precipice of a national tent city, an eviction tsunami in the midst of spikes of the Delta variant.
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Pressley highlights the moral imperative of extending the eviction moratorium amidst the pandemic and rising eviction rates.

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