Democrats can’t forgive student loans, because then people might like Democrats better than us! Nothing says your ideas are cruel like arguing for passing laws that actually PREVENT others from doing kindnesses. This is also the same woman who, a few scant paragraphs ago, argued for moving student loans to the private sector, so I don’t know what she’s pretending she wants to protect, here.

Here’s what else is wrong with her statement: Most or all of the people whose student loans were forgiven DID pay back their debts. Several times over, in some cases. What was forgiven was the interest on these loans. And not everyone is/was eligible. Teachers, government employees, people who work for nonprofits or in the medical sector, and the disabled got special consideration. Everyone else had to have a particular type of repayment plan that they’d been paying on time for at least 20 years. [Source]¹¹

Full contextual analysis of Section 3.2: Department of Education here.