President Biden claims the Supreme Court could not stop him from canceling student loans and slams social media users for his “attack on democracy.”
On Wednesday, Biden spoke at the Julian Dixon Library in Culver City, Calif., and mentioned efforts to further cancel student loan debt. He said the student loan benefit program was initially halted by the Supreme Court, but the ruling “didn’t stop it.”
“At the beginning of my term, I announced a massive plan to provide college debt relief to millions of working families,” Biden said. “Tens of millions of people in debt were literally about to have their debts canceled. But our MAGA Republican friends in Congress, elected officials, and special interests stepped in and sued us. And the Supreme Court blocked it. But it didn’t stop.” “
Biden announced plans to cancel $1.2 billion worth of student loans through the Savings for Worthy Education (SAVE) program. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Mr. Biden’s decision to overrule the Supreme Court’s ruling that found his plan unconstitutional angered and concerned many in the X community.
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“Yesterday, he was talking about how Republicans are trying to destroy ‘democracy,'” Federalist senior reporter David Harsanyi said of the irony.
Benjamin Weingarten, editor-in-chief of RealClearInvestigations, agreed: “We’ve definitely been told that this kind of rhetoric is an attack on democracy.”
“One of the people who claims ‘no one is above the law’ has debunked it once again,” Twitch’s Doug Powers wrote.
“Biden always sounds like death has warmed up,” Townhall.com columnist Derek Hunter said.
John Miltimore, editor-in-chief of the Foundation for Economic Excellence, summed it up: “Biden is explaining that he’s willing to break the law to give away your money.”
Georgia Congressman Mike Collins warned that “the breakdown of checks and balances is not flex.”
Omri Selen, a former adviser to Ted Cruz, says, “One of the amazing things about the political left is that, literally for decades, many times they seem to believe they will be in power forever.” “He has acted many times,” he said.
Targeted Victory Vice President Logan Dobson added, “We hope that Democrats can benefit from this precedent under the next Republican administration.”
Biden has vowed to find a way to cancel student loans despite the U.S. Supreme Court ruling against him in 2023. (Fox News)
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In June, supreme court The 6-3 ruling ruled that federal law does not allow Education Secretary Biden to cancel more than $430 billion in student loan debt. Biden promised at the time that his administration would continue to move forward with its student debt relief plan.
On Wednesday, he announced the Savings on Valuable Education (SAVE) plan. it cancels debts Available to registered borrowers who have been repaying for at least 10 years and have $12,000 or less in student loan debt. People with large amounts of debt can receive relief after an additional year of repayments for each additional $1,000 they borrow.
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