The leading Republican opponent of student loan forgiveness on Wednesday slammed President Joe Biden‘s plan to cancel student debt for 813,000 people as a clear effort to buy his way to reelection next year.
Hundreds of thousands of former students will receive emails from the president in the coming days telling them that their debt has been forgiven.
Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy posted the president’s message on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, including a request for beneficiaries to share the good news.
‘Couldn’t make it any clearer that Biden’s ploy to force taxpayers who didn’t go to college to saddle hundreds of billions of someone else’s student debt is a ploy to gain political support for his reelection,’ wrote.
‘No shame.’
Biden’s move means he has forgiven a total of $127 billion for 3.5 million borrowers, despite the fact that his plan to cancel $400 billion in debt was rejected by the Supreme Court in June.
Aides and supporters see it as nothing but good news, with their social media feeds filling with details.
Even Republicans who complained that it meant ordinary taxpayers were footing the bill kept largely quiet after the latest announcement.
The email – making clear that the help has come from Biden – read: ‘Congratulations — your student loan has been forgiven because of actions my administration took to make sure you receive the relief you earned and deserve.’
Hellbound and Down 