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Leftist lawmakers want to make homeless encampments a nationwide crisis

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Just when you thought the radical left’s social experiments couldn’t get any more out of touch with the reality of everyday Americans, Washington Democrat Rep. Pramila Jayapal and Florida Democrat Rep. Maxwell Frost have a new bill that would export the disastrous homelessness policies of Seattle to the entire nation. 

Their "Housing Not Handcuffs Act" would effectively give a green light to the homeless encampments, crime and public health crises that have crippled cities like Seattle, all under the guise of compassion. 

This is your warning. 

For those of us who have witnessed the decay of our once-beautiful cities, the premise of this bill is not just misguided, but insulting. The legislation, introduced to mark the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court's Grants Pass decision, would prohibit any federal agency from criminalizing a homeless person engaging in "life-sustaining activities" on "public land."  

Near downtown Seattle and along I-5, a homeless community of tents nicknamed The Treeline lives on the edge of the freeway and border of redwood trees in Seattle, Washington, on Friday, July 22, 2022. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Sounds reasonable until you read the definitions. So-called "life-sustaining activities" includes "moving, resting, sitting, standing, lying down, sleeping, protecting........

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