Far-Left Democrats Want Eviction Moratorium to Last Forever

Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) holds up her phone while live streaming from the chair she spent the night in to highlight the upcoming expiration of the pandemic-related federal moratorium on residential evictions on the steps of the Capitol in Washington on July 31, 2021. Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters

Commentary

Far-left Congressional Democrats Cori Bush (Missouri), Ilhan Omar (Minnesota), and Ayanna Pressley (Massachusetts) slept in the rough on the Capitol steps over the weekend, surrounded by cases of bottled water, pizza boxes, staffers, and fawning press. These Democrats, who are part of a group who call themselves “The Squad,” are protesting the end of the federal moratorium on evictions, which expired Saturday night, and warning of soaring homelessness.