Former Sanders Aide Blasts Biden Over Student Debt Forgiveness

By The Hill

20 February 21

riahna Joy Gray, the former press secretary for the Bernie Sanders campaign, on Wednesday, said that President Biden is hiding behind the most “unsympathetic character” to avoid canceling up to $50,000 in student loan debt.

Speaking on Hill TV’s “Rising,” the co-host of the Bad Faith podcast was discussing comments Biden made on student debt relief during a CNN town hall on Tuesday.

The president said that he didn’t have the power to cancel up to $50,000 in student loan debt, but was prepared to forgive $10,000 instead.

“It’s not true, Joe Biden has the authority to cancel all student loan debt,” Gray said.

Gray explained that the government is now deciding that student loans are a “risky behavior” that shouldn’t be rewarded after allowing students to take out debt on the belief that education drives the workforce.

Gray said the government is using the “specter of the occasional Harvard student” as an excuse not to cancel debt for the majority of students that didn’t go to more affluent schools.

“It is almost as though Joe Biden is trying to find the most unsympathetic character in the world to justify not pursuing a very sympathetic program,” Gray said.