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Ayanna Pressley: “It was a moral imperative to extend this eviction moratorium. So the fact that we did not do that is a moral failing.”

On the recordJuly 29, 2021
It was a moral imperative to extend this eviction moratorium. So the fact that we did not do that is a moral failing.
Said by
Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Ayanna Pressley emphasizes the moral obligation to extend the eviction moratorium during the pandemic.

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