A Minnesota mayor earning over $170,000 (too much for his position) per year publicly thanked Joe Biden for canceling his student loan debt.
St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter publicly celebrated, despite earning significantly more than the average American worker, as hardworking Americans were forced to pay off his student loans.
Biden has used a series of workarounds to circumvent the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down his student loan relief program.
Last year, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 against Biden’s student loan relief plan, prompting the Department of Education to introduce a workaround forbearance program that canceled $39 billion in student loans by counting non-payments as payments.
In January, Biden unilaterally canceled another $5 billion in student loan debt for 74,000 borrowers in his latest vote-buying scheme.
Biden also announced he would cancel student loans for borrowers who took out less than $12,000 and have been in repayment for 10 years.
Last week, Biden wrote in a post on X, “The Supreme Court tried to block me from relieving student debt. But they didn’t stop me. I’ve relieved student debt for over 5 million Americans. I’m going to keep going,” to which Melvin Carter replied, “Thank you, Mr. President!” along with a photo of his Mohela account with a zero balance.
Take a look:
Thank you, Mr. President! https://t.co/SjaNekU3ra pic.twitter.com/mQeqm2nt9X
— Melvin Carter (@melvincarter3) May 30, 2024
Melvin Carter’s decision to publicly thank Joe Biden for his student loan cancellation backfired bigly.
You make $170,000/year asshole.
— EducatëdHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) June 1, 2024
You make $170,000 a year
— VK (@vjeannek) June 1, 2024
Now your employees are paying off your debts pic.twitter.com/6IH1hLxzrF
Wait, we just paid off the college loan for the Mayor of St. Paul? And you told us?!?
— Chuck DeVore (@ChuckDeVore) June 2, 2024
Why are you thanking him? Apparently I’m paying for your loans through my taxes. I already paid mine off as promised and now I have to pay yours? You owe me. I didn’t agree to this
— Terry (@TerryinSoCalif) June 1, 2024
