Cindy Sheehan Now an Advocate for Nursing Home Victims

People who have been reading my blog for a long time know that I worked for peace activist Cindy Sheehan's 2008 congressional bid against house speaker Nancy Pelosi. I'm glad to hear my old friend is now working to hold politicians acountable for the deaths of the elderly in nursing homes:

Elder advocates ask why Gov. Newsom flooded nursing homes with contagious COVID-19 patients 

By Juliette Fairley | Jul 16, 2020

While Attorney General Xavier Becerra is being asked to investigate state actions that led to coronavirus patients being placed in nursing homes with the elderly, a peace and social justice advocate is organizing grassroots efforts to hold Gov. Gavin Newsom accountable for the 2,804 nursing home residents who have since died of COVID-19, which is 40% of the overall deaths statewide.

“The establishment rarely holds the establishment accountable and since I've been pushing for accountability, it hasn't happened but we can't give up on our efforts because that means all these unnecessary deaths will have been in vain and will be forgotten,” said Cindy Sheehan, founder of Justice for COVID-19 Eldercide.

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