Ted Cruz Ruffles Feathers with Blunt Take on the ‘sort of people’ Who’d Favor Biden’s Student Loan Bailout; Cruz Argued That Student Loan Relief Appeals to “sort of young unemployed slackers smoking bongs”

Ted Cruz ruffles feathers with blunt take on the ‘sort of people’ who’d favor Biden’s student loan bailout:

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was blunt on his “Verdict” podcast Thursday, describing the Democrats’ demographic that wants to have their student loans forgiven as “sort of young unemployed slackers smoking bongs” which the media immediately seized upon.

Cruz’s comments followed the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down President Biden’s plan to forgive student loans, wiping away debt for potential leftist voters. It was a 6-3 decision, negating Biden’s plot to give student loan borrowers up to $20,000 in debt relief.

“That’s the sort of people who during COVID, they wanted to pay not to work. Well, if you’re not working, it’s hard to pay your student loans, and suddenly Democrats have told a bunch of 23-year-olds, ‘You don’t gotta work, man. That’d be mean to make you work,’” the Texas conservative pointed out.

“There’s a second group, which is the constituencies, which is the universities, and the universities have become entrenched pits of Marxism,” Cruz noted.

Below is the full podcast for context because the media is using one snippet without noting the surrounding commentary, which is key. —>READ MORE HERE

Ted Cruz says Biden administration’s student debt plan appeals to ‘young unemployed slackers’

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) argued that student loan relief appeals to “sort of young unemployed slackers smoking bongs” on his Verdict podcast Thursday.

Cruz commended the Supreme Court’s decision to throw out President Joe Biden’s plan to forgive student loans. The decision came in a 6-3 ruling last week that denied millions up to $20,000 of debt relief proposed by the Biden administration.

The Republican senator argued, “That’s the sort of people who during COVID, they wanted to pay not to work. Well, if you’re not working, it’s hard to pay your student loans, and suddenly Democrats have told a bunch of 23-year-olds, ‘You don’t gotta work, man. That’d be mean to make you work.’”

“There’s a second group, which is the constituencies, which is the universities, and the universities have become entrenched pits of Marxism,” Cruz added, previously noting student loans is an issue on which the “Democrats have a confluence”.

Biden launched another effort shortly after the Supreme Court ruling to forgive some federal student loan debt using authority from the Higher Education Act of 1965 to create debt forgiveness regulation. The law allows for the provision of government-backed student loans, and it states the Education Department has the power to “compromise, waive or release loans.”

About 1 in 5 Americans have student loans, according to a Nerdwallet analysis using data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Per the Education Data Initiative, most borrowers are 25 to 34 years old, and federal borrowers in this age range owe an average debt of $33,570. —>READ MORE HERE

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