Backlash After Pelosi Claims She led ‘Relentless’ Campaign To Extend Covid Eviction Ban

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Nancy Pelosi has received a backlash from fellow Democrats after she refused to take any responsibility for the House’s failure to extend the eviction moratorium

Pelosi even managed to place the blame on ‘cruel’ Republicans.

On Friday the House failed to obtain enough support to extend the moratorium which had protected renters from eviction during the Covid-19 pandemic.

RT reports: On Saturday, Pelosi blamed the “pure cruelty” of the Republicans for the extension’s failure and claimed that “ensuring every American has a roof overhead is a value that unites the Democratic Party” – despite the fact that the moratorium couldn’t get enough votes partially due to a sizable faction of Democrats who opposed an extension.

Pelosi also claimed to have “led a relentless campaign to extend the CDC eviction moratorium,” despite telling reporters on Friday that she had only “learned about this yesterday,” prompting many social-media users to mock the Speaker’s “relentless 12-hour campaign.”

“Nancy, don’t pin this on just Republicans. We exercise our vote so you can exercise your vote on behalf of us. Call the eviction moratorium to a vote. Reconvene Congress,” tweeted Jackie Fielder, who ran for California State Senate as a Democrat in 2020, while others questioned how an extension couldn’t be passed when Democrats have a majority in the House.

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Progressive writer Jodi Jacobson accused Pelosi of “gaslighting” Democrats, while comedian Kath Barbadoro wished the Speaker “a good six-week vacation.”

Unnamed senior Democratic Party aides told NBC News that the extension failed after “about a dozen House Democrats opposed the measure and were unwilling to budge.” Citing one of the aides, NBC News also reported that Pelosi had opposed holding an official vote on the matter – which would have made Democratic opponents to the extension public and liable to backlash – because she “didn’t want to expose some of her caucus members to the wrath of the base.”

California Rep. Ro Khanna claimed on MSNBC Friday that the “reason they’re not bringing it to a vote is because some Democrats privately have tried to kill this bill because of the special interests of realtors and other groups.”

Khanna called it “unconscionable” and “wrong” that the party was “protecting some members to kill this behind closed doors.”

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  1. SHE DOES NOT CARE! NOW IF THESE PEOPLE WERE ILLEGALALIENS THEN IT WOULD BE AT THE TOP OF HER LIST, NASTY TRAITOR SHE IS.

  2. So much rubbish The banks should be held accountable They KNOW better than anyone that the money they lend is backed by the people who are given the debt really via the governments duplicity They dont need any money to pay loans again on top of the original And the people cop the lot and they have none really Only on paper and only of fiat money They font need repayments for the money they font even own to begin with And they font deserve anything for being middlemen passing the buck and selling lies .

  3. Which places have the greatest homelessness ?Which democratic cities have the reputation of being charitable to homeless? Here in Australias heartland they have state housing ,but even that discriminates and prejudicial operates as a safe haven for criminals and drug addicts and dealers who havent been ” overexposed” .All totally corrupt. The whole bureaucracy. They use the homeless to fuel their tax free charitable acquisitions if prime inner city real estate and then let the homeless sleep in there .

  4. Hilarious, because Pelosis family are notorious slumlords. They own properties through shell companies. Who owns most low rent housing in America? Democrats.

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