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| #OccupyCongress trends on Twitter, so why are there no headlines on insurrection? | #OccupyCongress trends on Twitter, so why are there no headlines on insurrection? |
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| Progressives angry at lawmakers’ failure to extend the eviction moratorium, thus potentially leaving millions of Americans on the streets, called for the ‘occupation’ of Congress, prompting parallels with the events of January 6. | Progressives angry at lawmakers’ failure to extend the eviction moratorium, thus potentially leaving millions of Americans on the streets, called for the ‘occupation’ of Congress, prompting parallels with the events of January 6. |
| The hashtag #OccupyCongress briefly shot to the top 10 of Twitter’s US trends on Sunday, with dozens of progressives demanding the House come back from its six-week recess and reinstate a federal ban on evictions which expired on Saturday. | The hashtag #OccupyCongress briefly shot to the top 10 of Twitter’s US trends on Sunday, with dozens of progressives demanding the House come back from its six-week recess and reinstate a federal ban on evictions which expired on Saturday. |
| “It's fitting that #OccupyCongress is trending. Not only should there be no end to the eviction moratorium while Congress vacations and a pandemic rages again but we need to keep organizing a widescale housing justice movement to fight nationwide,” Democratic Socialists of America tweeted. | “It's fitting that #OccupyCongress is trending. Not only should there be no end to the eviction moratorium while Congress vacations and a pandemic rages again but we need to keep organizing a widescale housing justice movement to fight nationwide,” Democratic Socialists of America tweeted. |
| The hashtag was also launched in support of the action by several Democratic lawmakers, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Cori Bush, who spent the night on the steps of the Capitol, with AOC decrying her own party and the Biden administration for dragging their feet on the issue. | The hashtag was also launched in support of the action by several Democratic lawmakers, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Cori Bush, who spent the night on the steps of the Capitol, with AOC decrying her own party and the Biden administration for dragging their feet on the issue. |
| Some, however, saw parallels between the campaign driven by the progressive left and the Capitol riot. | Some, however, saw parallels between the campaign driven by the progressive left and the Capitol riot. |
| “Let me get this straight. The same people who called January 6 an insurrection and a rebellion now want to #OccupyCongress to extort them into meeting their demands?” one commenter tweeted. | “Let me get this straight. The same people who called January 6 an insurrection and a rebellion now want to #OccupyCongress to extort them into meeting their demands?” one commenter tweeted. |
| The events of January 6 saw hundreds of supporters of former President Donald Trump flocking to and then storming the Capitol in a bid to stop the certification of the presidential election results they believed were fraudulent. | The events of January 6 saw hundreds of supporters of former President Donald Trump flocking to and then storming the Capitol in a bid to stop the certification of the presidential election results they believed were fraudulent. |
| While #OccupyCongress was trending heavily at one point, the hashtag conspicuously disappeared from the trends shortly afterwards. Some activists suspected a Twitter crackdown. “Twitter is suppressing and silencing poor working class people asking for their rights,” one person said. | While #OccupyCongress was trending heavily at one point, the hashtag conspicuously disappeared from the trends shortly afterwards. Some activists suspected a Twitter crackdown. “Twitter is suppressing and silencing poor working class people asking for their rights,” one person said. |
| The eviction moratorium was issued by the CDC to protect tenants who were behind on rent due to the pandemic from imminent eviction, and was repeatedly extended. However, after the CDC extended the moratorium for July, it stated that this would be the final extension, leaving it up to Congress to figure out how to protect the 3.6 million Americans at risk of being evicted. | The eviction moratorium was issued by the CDC to protect tenants who were behind on rent due to the pandemic from imminent eviction, and was repeatedly extended. However, after the CDC extended the moratorium for July, it stated that this would be the final extension, leaving it up to Congress to figure out how to protect the 3.6 million Americans at risk of being evicted. |
| Even though the Democratic Party controls the House, the last-minute effort to round up enough votes to approve the bill failed on Friday, reportedly after about a dozen House Democrats refused to support it. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi blamed the Republicans for blocking the measure, while admitting on Friday that she learned of the need to pass the bill “only yesterday.” | Even though the Democratic Party controls the House, the last-minute effort to round up enough votes to approve the bill failed on Friday, reportedly after about a dozen House Democrats refused to support it. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi blamed the Republicans for blocking the measure, while admitting on Friday that she learned of the need to pass the bill “only yesterday.” |
| This is despite US Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh signaling in a June ruling that the moratorium could not be extended any further and that the time left should be used for “additional and more orderly distribution of the congressionally appropriated rental assistance funds.” | This is despite US Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh signaling in a June ruling that the moratorium could not be extended any further and that the time left should be used for “additional and more orderly distribution of the congressionally appropriated rental assistance funds.” |
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