Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York progressive representative, took on President Biden on Wednesday after she flatly rejected his proposal to forgive $ 50,000 in student debt per person.
Ocasio-Cortez, a far-left Democrat representing parts of the Bronx and Queens, noted that even Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer supports his idea.
Biden said at a CNN town hall Tuesday night, “I won’t get this to happen” because he’s concerned about directing federal funds to Harvard and Yale graduates instead of “early education for young children who come from disadvantaged circumstances “.
The 31-year-old self-labeled socialist, known by the initials AOC, took to Twitter to reprimand Biden for his stance, noting that he had asked for the support of Schumer (D-NY), against whom he would have ruminated in 2022. main challenge.
“1. Who cares what school someone went to? Whole generations of working class children were encouraged to collect more debt under the guise of elitism. This is wrong “, Ocasio-Cortez has tweeted in response to the president.
“2. Nowhere does he say we need to change early childhood education to forgive student loan. We can have both. “
He added: “The case against the forgiveness of student loans seems more and more shaky. We have the * leader of the majority of the Senate * to forgive $ 50,000.
“Biden stops, but many of the arguments against it do not contain water when inspected closely. We can and must do it. Keep pushing! “
Aiming to take advantage of his stardom on social media, AOC posted a subsequent paper thread of seven tweets imploring supporters of the forgiveness of student loans summoned by lawmakers to keep the idea alive.
“Representatives are human beings! Stories are persuasive and we can use your stories to convince others, ”he wrote.