President Joe Biden's recently announced plan to wipe out as much as $20,000 in student loan debt for millions of Americans has drawn criticism from conservative politicians and commentators.
Political pundit Ben Shapiro is one of those critics.
"I have a controversial idea about paying off student loan debt: don't take out debt you will likely be unable to pay off, and don't ask others to pay off your debts," Shapiro tweeted on Aug. 23, a day before the plan was officially announced.
Shortly after, a Twitter user, @GrownRoom, shot back at Shapiro with a screenshot of an image that showed someone named Ben Shapiro had about $21,000 in loans forgiven by the federal government.
The loans in the image were issued and forgiven through the Paycheck Protection Program. This program was created during the Trump administration to help companies weather the pandemic-related economic downturn, and it allowed small businesses to receive low-interests loans and, in certain cases, have them forgiven.
The screenshot was taken from ProPublica’s searchable database of PPP loan recipients.
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