President Joe Biden has falsely said that his administration’s new student debt relief program was approved by Congress as a piece of legislation.
“It’s passed,” Biden said. “It passed by a vote or two.”
The program, which provides up to $20,000 in relief to tens of millions of student debt holders, was an action by the Executive Branch.
Biden announced the executive action in August with Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, a Biden appointee.
Biden, 79, was speaking during a forum hosted by NowThisNews.
Joshika Kumaran, a college junior, took the microphone and asked the president to fix what she described as a “broken education system,” pointing to how many graduates hold student debt and aren’t able to pay it off for years after graduating….