Posted on 07/31/2021 12:21:31 AM PDT by conservative98
Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) said Friday night that she would sleep outside the US Capitol in an effort to persuade Congress to extend the nationwide moratorium on evictions set to expire Saturday.
“Many of my Democratic colleagues chose to go on vacation early today rather than staying to vote to keep people in their homes,” Bush tweeted. “I’ll be sleeping outside the Capitol tonight. We’ve still got work to do.”
Bush, 45, who experienced a period of homelessness nearly two decades ago, sent a letter to her colleagues earlier Friday calling on them to stay in Washington DC a little longer before starting their August recess to pass an extension to the moratorium.
“I’m urging you to please hear me out on this issue because as a formerly unhoused Congresswoman, I have been evicted three times myself,” she wrote. “I know what it’s like to be forced to live in my car with my two children. Now that I am a member of Congress, I refuse to stand by while millions of people are vulnerable to experiencing that same trauma that I did.”
In a separate letter later Friday, Bush invited her colleagues to join her “in solidarity” outside the Capitol.
“[W]e must reconvene to protect people from violent evictions during an deadly pandemic …,” she said. “We need to get this done, and we must not let up.”
While some supporters praised Bush for the campout on Twitter, others called the congresswoman out for what they saw as a publicity stunt.
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Comments about those teetering prior to COVID that are now subject to the circumstances?
Can we do cloud seeding to make it rain?
Oh, wait a minute, only leftists would have the balls to do something effective like that.
That’s because the skanks know there would be no consequences.
Thru no fault of their own. Though
those thst have a survival instinct
will find a way to maintain their
current standard of living. (could
be slightly below). Too few are
willing to bend or compromise.
But I stress it’s a forced circumstance.
That’s what it’s going to take.
Yes
I’m old enough to remember when The Squad threw away their principles to support Sleepy Joe (D-Wall Street) and Pelousy as Speaker (D-Big Corporations). So, suck it.
Clearly this Bush is a distant relative of the Stupid Party Bushes in the sell-out department.
She better wear earplugs so the gunfire doesn’t keep her awake all night.
Grandstanding!
What does "sleeping outside the Capitol" even mean?
I (and millions of Boy Scouts) have slept somewhere else than in a bed in a roofed structure. (We called that "camping.") Is that somehow virtuous?
Will she wrap herself in some old rags and catch a few fitful hours of sleep behind a dumpster? Will she push around a stolen shopping cart filled with detritus and debris? Will she be at risk of attack by other vagrants and bums?
By referring to her former "homelessness," she is obviously trying to conflate the two (i.e., sleeping in a $500 high-tech sleeping bag, and "sleeping rough").
Regards,
Regards,
She should install one of those 24 hour cams so we can watch her.
Careful you don’t get shot for trespassing.
She should sleep outside in East St. Louis.
Sleep outside at night in the Everglades. Very tropical. Great wildlife watching, too
So what .... the Capitol is still surrounded by fence.
While AOC and Cori Bush are angry deadbeats can’t continue to live rent free while Landlords still have to pay their mortgages, utilities, upkeep, and taxes.
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