Few things unite Republicans in this day and age like hypocrisy. Not calling it out, of course, but engaging in it on a daily, nay, hourly basis. To list just a few examples: Republicans have claimed they’re being censored by tech companies while literally censoring what can be taught in schools; they’ve insisted that mask mandates are an assault on civil liberties while passing laws dictating what pregnant people can and cannot do with their own bodies; and they call themselves “pro-life” while suggesting that people whose lives they don’t care about should starve. The list, obviously, is endless. But this week the GOP found another target for its hypocritical invective: Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program. Over the past 48 hours, conservative lawmakers have been absolutely adamant that this program, which allows millions of borrowers to erase up to $10,000 or $20,000 in federal student loan debt, will lead to the downfall of society. Why? Because people MUST pay back their debts, the GOP claims, conveniently failing to mention the not-insignificant number of Republicans whose businesses took out loans through the Paycheck Protection Program that were subsequently forgiven by the government.
Fortunately for the universe, someone in the Biden White House apparently thought that this inconvenient truth was worth mentioning. And on Thursday, in an incredible act of aggression previously unheard of for Democrats, they decided to let everyone know.
In a series of simple but effective tweets, the official White House Twitter account responded to GOP outrage over the student-debt jubilee by noting the six- and seven-figure PPP loans the government had forgiven as part of the pandemic-era program.
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene? Who claimed it is “completely unfair” to forgive student loans up to $20,000? She had $183,504 of debt forgiven.
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Representative Vern Buchanan? Who called the Biden program a “reckless” loan “giveaway”? More than $2.3 million.
Representative Markwayne Mullin? More than $1.4 million.
Representative Kevin Hern? More than $1 million.
MeanPineapple102 on August 28th, 2022 at 14:03 UTC »
Keep this energy, no more being nice to vicious bastards.
rm1895 on August 28th, 2022 at 13:49 UTC »
The White House has a new social media director, Megan Coyne.
-CJF- on August 28th, 2022 at 13:37 UTC »
Honestly, I know this is something Biden didn't want to do but I think over time he's going to be increasingly happy that he did it... not only because of any effect it may have on the midterms but because people like these hypocrites on Twitter are increasingly making it clear it's the right thing to do.