#shorts On 10/18/2022, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “And can I follow up on the student loan question that was asked a little earlier, too? The President, yesterday, for those of us who were in the South Court Auditorium, mentioned the concerns about the legal challenges. Is there a message to the people — the tens of millions of Americans — who are signing up for this forgiveness right now, who may be eager to see it actually coming to their — their accounts, who may face the possibility that, at least for a while, there’s a federal judge somewhere who stops it?”

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Look, the President is — is committed to this, right? This is a policy that he put forward because he wanted to give a little bit of breathing room to … We’re talking about almost 40 million people who are going to get — borrowers who are going to get the — who are going to be able to get the effects of this policy. Twenty-three million people are going to see their debt — their college debt — already wiped away. That matters. That matters …

And the thing to remember and I think the question to ask — or the thing to actually really think about here is what Republicans are trying to do. When you look at these lawsuits across the country, they’re coming from Republicans. And Republicans want to take away this essential need … who need an opportunity to put money down on a house …

40 million people need “really think about”: Republicans want to take away your house down payment