Former Sanders Aide Claims Biden Is ‘Trying To Find the Most Unsympathetic Character’ To Avoid Canceling Student Debt

Sen. Bernie Sanders‘ (I-Vt.) former campaign press secretary Briahna Joy Gray says President Joe Biden is using the “specter of the occasional Harvard student” to “justify” not erasing up to $50,000 in student loan debt per borrower.

During a town hall event hosted by CNN on Tuesday, Biden claimed that he does not have the authority to unilaterally cancel up to $50,000 in student loan debt. 

But during an interview on The Hill TV’s “Rising,” Gray disputed that as she said, “It’s not true, 👤Joe Biden has the authority to cancel all student loan debt.”

She claimed that the government now sees students taking out loans for college as “risky behavior.”

Gray went on the suggest Biden is using the “specter of the occasional Harvard student as an excuse not to cancel debt” for the “overwhelming majority” of students who did not go to Harvard.

“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,” she added.