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Rep. Ayanna Pressley on eviction moratorium: 'It is a moral failing that we did not act'

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Rep. Ayanna Pressley on eviction moratorium: 'It is a moral failing that we did not act'

Rep. Ayanna Pressley on eviction moratorium: 'It is a moral failing that we did not act'

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Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, who slept on the steps of the US Capitol Friday night to protest the end of the national eviction moratorium, tells CNN’s Ryan Nobles that she believes the White House and the CDC should act on extending the moratorium.


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