- Sen. Ted Cruz said Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan would “boost Democrats’ turnout” in November.
- “Maybe you won’t vote in November and all of a sudden you’ve got 20 votes,” Cruz said of the plan.
- “If you could put down the bong for a while…it might boost turnout,” he said.
Sen. Ted Cruz on Friday blasted President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan, predicting it would give Democrats an edge in the upcoming midterm elections.
“If you’re that lazy barista who wasted seven years in college learning absolutely useless stuff and now has a loan and can’t find a job, then Joe Biden gave you £20,” Cruz told Special De Cruz’s “Sentence” says “Podcast.” Like, Omg! 20 big. You know, maybe you’re not going to vote in November and all of a sudden you’re in the Big 20. “
“And you know, if you can get off the bus for a minute and go to the polling place,” he continued. “Or just send the mail-in ballots that Democrats help you send you, which could boost turnout, especially among young people.”
Cruz said there was “a real risk” that Democrats would gain more support in November.
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The Biden administration earlier this week announced a plan to cancel $10,000 of student loan debt for borrowers earning up to $125,000 a year.
“For too many people, student loan debt hinders their ability to achieve their dreams — including buying a home, starting a business or raising a family,” Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said in a statement. “Education should set us free; not bind us! That’s why, from day one, the Biden-Harris administration has been working to fix the broken federal student aid program and provide borrowers with unprecedented relief.”
Prominent Democrats like Sen. Bernie Sanders slammed Cruz’s remarks.
“This is what a leading Republican thinks about young ‘lazy’ Americans who take loans to college,” Sanders tweet Respond to snippets of his remarks.
A former official who worked in the Obama administration also criticized Cruz.
“Since Ted Cruz knew the barista had been spitting in his coffee for years, that technically didn’t hold back,” Say Brandon Friedman, former deputy assistant secretary for public affairs at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
