Republicans are sensing a new opening to attack the Biden administration for its nearly $160 billion in student loan debt cancellation as pro-Palestinian protests on elite college campuses across the country spawn images of chaos and, in some cases, destruction.
The protests have spread nationwide since an encampment at Columbia University sprouted two weeks ago. Most of the protests have broken school policy with occupations of parts of campus, and some have been characterized by protesters who block students from going to class, intimidate classmates, and some who have even engaged in “mob warfare” at the University of California, Los Angeles, according to Jonathan Butcher, senior research fellow in education policy for the Heritage Foundation.
“Taxpayers should be asking what they are paying for with student loans,” Butcher said in an interview with the
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