Gov. Greg Abbott demands Biden pull his student loan relief plan

Gov. Greg Abbott has urged President Joe Biden to nix his plan to offer debt relief on student loans. (Credit: Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune)

Gov. Greg Abbott joined 21 Republican governors Monday urging President Joe Biden to scrap his student loan relief plan, asserting that the thousands of dollars in individual debt relief would harm the working class.

The governors wrote in a letter that the loan forgiveness plan offers a bailout for a minority of Americans who are largely well off, arguing that those “with the most debt, such as $50,000 or more, almost exclusively have graduate degrees, meaning hourly workers will pay off the master’s and doctorate degrees of high salaried lawyers, doctors, and professors.”