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7:48Now PlayingTexas Senator, Ted Cruz, scams his voters into believing whatever wild Republican money-maker he wants to sell. John Iadarola, Brett Erlich and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report.
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The White House pushes back on Ted Cruz's 'galling' comments that Biden canceled student debt for the 'slacker barista' who studied 'completely useless things' in college
"President Joe Biden's White House isn't letting criticism of its recent student-loan forgiveness announcement slide.
Last week, Biden announced up to $20,000 in student-loan forgiveness for Pell Grant recipients making under $125,000 a year, and $10,000 in relief for other federal borrowers under the same income cap.
As expected, a slew of opinions on the relief rolled in from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle — many Democrats lauded the relief and some pushed for more, while Republicans sharply criticized the broad debt cancellation, saying it's unfair and costly.
GOP Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas was no exception. On Friday, he didn't hold back on the debt relief on his podcast, saying that if you're "that slacker barista who wasted seven years in college studying completely useless things, now has loans and can't get a job, Joe Biden just gave you 20 grand.""
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