The bacterial disease, which spreads person-to-person, has seen a rise in cases in the Portland, Oregon, metro area.
The increase in policing at the RNC and a heightened chance of violent encounters with police has been a major concern well before the shooting of an unhoused Black man.
Drawing on her own experience as a previously unhoused person, the freshman lawmaker from Missouri demanded action on the CDC eviction moratorium before it expired Saturday night.