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Pelosi roasted by Democrats after claiming she led ‘relentless’ campaign to extend Covid eviction ban, blaming ‘cruel’ Republicans

Pelosi roasted by Democrats after claiming she led ‘relentless’ campaign to extend Covid eviction ban, blaming ‘cruel’ Republicans

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August 1, 2021
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi received backlash from fellow members of the Democratic Party after she refused to take any responsibility for the House’s failure to extend the eviction moratorium, placing the blame on the Republicans.

The House failed on Friday to obtain enough support to extend the moratorium, which protects renters from eviction during the Covid-19 pandemic, leaving many Americans vulnerable to homelessness and in limbo, as the House is adjourning for nearly two months.

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.

Ensuring every American has a roof overhead is a value that unites the Democratic Party. That’s why I led a relentless campaign to extend the CDC eviction moratorium. In an act of pure cruelty, Republicans blocked this measure — leaving children and families out on the streets.

— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) August 1, 2021

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.”

A relentless campaign that lasted from Friday afternoon until Friday evening and then relented.

— ????? (@benigma2017) August 1, 2021

Too bad you weren’t, like, Speaker of the House or something so that you could’ve done something about that. https://t.co/w0Ctfqhe6B

— Marianne Williamson (@marwilliamson) August 1, 2021

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“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.

There’s no filibuster in the House and Democrats have a majority. Dems have known since June that Congress would need to extend this protection.And yet, they waited. Then, rushed to adjourn without extending it. https://t.co/QZseoTD6rdhttps://t.co/2CmAJeBgy5

— Walker Bragman (@WalkerBragman) August 1, 2021

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.”

The Democrats decided to attempt to extend the eviction moratorium through unanimous consent, by which ANY objection from ANYONE would kill the bill, so that when it failed they could blame the Republicans. The Democrats have a majority but chose not to actually use it. https://t.co/8nyPHeAZZq

— Gravel Institute (@GravelInstitute) August 1, 2021

The bill was sunk on Friday after House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer – a Democrat – tried to get the extension passed by unanimous consent, which many critics argue was a purposeful move to sink the bill and deflect blame onto the Republicans.

Pelosi and other Democrats have, meanwhile, hinted that much of the problem came from President Joe Biden giving the House a very short amount of notice to deal with an extension, which was insufficient to rally up the caucuses and come to any compromise.

Pelosi also appeared to argue that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had the authority to extend the moratorium on its own. The Biden administration, however, has claimed that it lacks the authority, after the Supreme Court ruled in June that only Congress could take action to extend the moratorium past July 31.

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