over student debt forgiveness and forced some from the White House to clean up the president's remarks, according to an upcoming book from two New York Times reporters.This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America's Future
Speaking at a Milwaukee town hall in February 2021, Biden rejected an audience member's plea for his administration to forgive at least $50,000 in student loans for Americans across the country. According to the book, Biden, who told audience members at the town hall he was uninterested in forgiving"the billions of dollars in debt for people who have gone to Harvard and Yale and Penn," seemingly associated"hefty debts with fancy universities."
Ron Klain speaks during a House Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, March 10, 2020.