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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Graig Graziosi

Harvard professor ambushed by conservatives for praising Biden’s student loan forgiveness

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A professor at Harvard drew the ire of conservatives on Twitter when he thanked Joe Biden for enacting student loan forgiveness measures that will benefit tens of millions of Americans.

Laurence Tribe, a Harvard professor and notably left-leaning commenter, wrote a tweet praising Mr Biden’s move on Wednesday to forgive $10,000 of student loan debt and an additional $10,000 of debt for individuals who qualified for Pell Grants if they come from households making less than $125,000 per year.

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