Financial boon awaits AOC and other ‘Squad’ members if Biden cancels student debt

By Andrew Kerr

Published July 16, 2022 11:00am ET

Financial boon awaits AOC and other ‘Squad’ members if Biden cancels student debt — From left, Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., respond to base remarks by President Donald Trump after his call for the four Democratic congresswomen of color to go back to their "brokenâ countries, as he exploited the nationâs glaring racial divisions once again for political gain, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 15, 2019. All are American citizens and three of the four were born in the U.S. | (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and other members of the “Squad” of progressive Democratic lawmakers stand to receive a personal financial boon if President Joe Biden acquiesces to their demands to outright eliminate federal student debt.

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