‘I Got It Passed by a Vote or Two’: Biden Falsely Claims Student-Debt ‘Forgiveness’ Passed Congress
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In an interview released Sunday, President Biden stated that his student-debt forgiveness initiative had already been “passed by a vote or two” although it hasn’t been voted on in Congress.
Biden issued an executive order in late August “forgiving” up to $10,000 in student debt for individuals making less than $125,000 per year and up to $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients in the same income category. According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, the unilateral move could cost taxpayers as much as $400 billion .
During a panel discussion with the digital media company NowThis, Biden falsely claimed that the executive order was actually legislation that he “got passed by a vote or two.”
Here is the full clip for all you clowns who say it’s out of context. Biden first falsely claims he “signed a law” to cancel student loan debt, then says he “got it passed by a vote or two.”
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— Jake Schneider (@jacobkschneider) October 24, 2022
The 8 th Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily blocked Biden’s student-bailout order last Friday in response to a lawsuit filed by a group of Republican-led states.
“Nothing about loan cancellation is lawful or appropriate. In an end-run around Congress, the administration threatens to enact a profound and transformational policy that will have untold economic impacts. The administration’s lawless action should be stopped immediately,” the plaintiffs argue.
The move is seen by many as an undisguised ploy to shore up support amongst young, university-educated, adults–a core Democratic Party cohort–ahead of the midterm elections and comes at a time of decades-high inflation rates spurred by federal spending.
Since the student-loan bailout’s original announcement, the Biden administration has responded to legal challenges by narrowing the definition of eligible applicants. The change has dropped nearly a million claimants according to one official.
The interview with a handful of young adults with NowThis has comes as Biden seeks to reach out to young voters to buoy his slumping poll numbers ahead of the midterms. The forum discussion also featured segments on gun reform, climate change, abortion access, and transgenderism.
An earlier initiative to provide two years of free community college , and make good on an earlier Biden promise, failed to pass a Democratically controlled Congress.
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We know he's a habitual liar, but this is another level
I don't know if its worse that he believes this is true (hello, 25th amendment) , or he that he thinks he can get away with such a blatant lie.
But, trump lied 20 trillion times just last Tuesday, Some no life moron on the internet told me so, so it must be true!
It's only a lie if he's aware it's false. Occam's Razor being what it is, he was probably just confused.
I'm not saying that's better, BTW, just more likely.
You're confused and referring to #45.
meh, we've already done the mentally confused moron as POTUS with ronny raygun's 2nd term...
gee, I don't think there was a lot of thought happening in raygun's 2nd term...
...but be sure to let us all know when jill is seen standing behind him on the podium prompting his answers after using an ouija board and astrologer... like the 40's BJ queen of hollywood, nancy, did...
So you agree Biden has Alzheimer’s like Reagan, and your only dispute is the first lady’s advisors?
Baby steps.
wrong again...
oh wait, are you putting words in my mouth? I think texan may have a problem with that...
It appeared to be a direct connection between Reagan and Biden, along with their first ladies. [deleted.]
Harris is from the Bay area and wasn't giving BJ's in the 40's. Thou Willie Brown may have been into pedophilia, We know Biden is, ask his daughter.
Some moron is claiming that Jill Biden wants to be President and is abusing Joe.
Excuse me 'wants the power of the Oval Office'
Biden was all set to start forgiving loans this weekend, but the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals late Friday issued a stay while it considers the states’ appeal.
Even if he prevails, Biden may not get the benefits of this purely political handout to debtors before the election!
Biden was all set to start forgiving loans this weekend
The man can't stop lying. Before the 8th Circuit's ruling he claimed the Courts said they were "on Biden's side".
No court, of course, has even come close to ruling his giveaway was legal. A couple simply said the plaintiffs challenging weren't the proper parties to challenge it. .
I believe Biden and the Democrats will get some benefit from this for the November elections as early voting has already started in many states. And there's no tally of how many people who could benefit from this program did get out to vote early, all we know is that once again the early voting numbers are large. Will it be enough to aid the Democrats in November? We'll find out. I think not but we will know for sure in a few weeks.
For a man who claimed to have graduated at the top of his law school class, has been in elected office for over 50 years, served as VP for 8 years, and is now the so-called Commander-in-Chief, it's rather alarming that he still doesn't know the difference between an EO and a bill voted on and passed by Congress.
Well, since he's asked a paraplegic to stand up, believes that Dunkin' Donuts stores always have people with "Indian accents", said that Obama was "sorta clean", asked where a deceased woman was, said that Kamala Harris is the POTUS numerous times, repeatedly insisted that Covid is a disease of the unvaccinated, tries to shake hands with invisible people, and can't find his way off a small stage, perhaps Amendment 25 is something to seriously consider. But, if it comes to that, the replacement will be a woman who giggles and cackles.
It sounds like in an earlier part of the interview, not on this clip, he was talking about the infrastructure bill, which was passed by one or two votes, and then conflated the infrastructure bill with the student debt relief.
Big fucking deal.
We'll see how big a deal it is in about 16 days.
That took longer than I expected. Who is using that pathetic excuse, on the other hand, doesn't surprise me in the least.
If you or I got confused this much, it wouldn’t be a BFD. But the president doesn’t get that luxury.
So what you are saying is Biden is incompetent and shouldn't be in office.
The sad thing is, Fetterman may be more lucid than Biden at this point, at least he can read a teleprompter without fucking it up.
Fetterman's and Biden's cognitive problems are totally different, so there's that. Fetterman has already released excuse statements ahead of tonight's debate as to why Oz allegedly has an "advantage".
https://twitter.com/hollyotterbein/status/1584567680677601280?s=20&t=DDu5XvfSuUVcLuavchD5dw.
You can't argue with that, being able to pronounce and understand 2 syllable words definitely gives Oz an advantage.
His senior moments are accumulating.
There is no doubt about this.
If it comes down to a choice between Trump and Biden on the basis of mental competency that's going to be a bit of a wash.
But let's face it, nobody chooses between candidates on the basis of who is the least senile, had the best SAT scores, or has made the most convincing recovery from a recent stroke.
We vote for or against their agendas (or against or for the agendas of their opponents) .
And all world leaders, friend and foe, are attentively watching.
Some are suggesting he got his executive order confused with some actual piece of legislation. But that legislation isn’t being challenged in court, as he suggested. Only his executive order is.
It’s weird, because he mixes in what sounds like real numbers with a chaotic rendering of what is going on with the law. It really makes me wonder what decisions he might make about . . . well, anything . . . based on his inability to understand reality.
We need more competency in a president.
The good candidates apparently will not run.
They keep having this problem with that Bernie Sanders guy. He really spooks the Democratic Party. This last time around, he almost get himself nominated the same way Trump did - by being the really different voice in a roomful of people who basically agree with each other, but end up splitting the vote. That may be the biggest lesson they learned from 2016.
Because nobody believes he can win a general election.
At one time I thought he had a chance but it turns out that political polling in the USA has a liberal bias. (People who don't talk to pollsters vote too, it turns out.)
That’s what they all thought about Trump, too. It’s not a risk they can afford to take. And they loooove to control shit.
Who is it that loves to control shit?
I mean 'looooves' to control shit?
Who do you consider good?
The major political parties. Do try to keep up.
You're the one who is behind.
Plus I wasn't talking to you.
Do try to keep up.
Condoleeza Rice is my exemplar for a good candidate.
You're asking for miracles.
The Democrats don't fully appreciate the rightward tilt this country has. They blame it on gerrymandering and features of the senate and electoral college. The one thing they never get around to blaming is that the Democrats are a little too far to the left of the median voter.
The Democrats could very happily live with Bernie Sanders in the White House. Congress would be a backstop against the scale of his socialist vision. Democrats themselves are always a backstop against a complete implementation of their platform.
Billionaires may have taken the Democrats in a backroom and gotten them to clear the field for Biden, but they were more than happy to do it because they knew Sanders could very likely drag the whole party down with him in a national election.
Socialism is a dirty word to most Americans.
And it is kind of *crazy* that Sanders describes himself as one, because he is basically an FDR or LBJ Liberal.
But but but Trruuuummmp!
No need to bring Nancy Pelosi into this.
The good candidates have three things sorely lacking in DC these days. Morals, ethics, and a conscience. Makes for a very small playing field.
For once we agree; but after what she endured from the left and media during the Bush Jr administration it will never happen.
Would you agree if Condi were a D?
stop voting for republicans...
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Yes, I would even if she had a D behind her name.
Of course she would have left the Democrat Party or been forced out. She has too much integrity and back bone for today's woke far left Fascist morons that run the party.
What the fuck is a woke far left facist?
a trumpster looking at his reflection in the mirror...