Centrist Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) bashed student debt forgiveness in a social media post, calling those who attack him for opposing student debt relief “radical left extremists” who don’t understand the people of Maine.
In a post on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, Golden said that he has always believed that “working class Mainers shouldn’t foot the bill for someone else’s choices” and if someone wants “free money for college, they can join the Marines and serve the country like I did.”
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Golden is the co-chairman of the Blue Dog Coalition, which is a group of centrist Democrats who often oppose liberal policies. In May, he was one of two Democrats to vote with Republicans in blocking President Joe Biden’s student debt relief executive order, which was later overturned by the Supreme Court.
After a local Maine news outlet hit Golden on his vote against student debt relief on Friday, Golden hit back.
“Sadly, this is what radical leftist elites are learning about ‘democracy’ these days — silence and destroy anyone who disagrees with your views or goals,” Golden said in a post to X. “I stand by my vote and my opposition to forking out $10,000 to people who freely chose to attend college. They were privileged to have the opportunity, and many left college well-situated to make six figure salaries for life. The Twitterati can keep bemoaning their privileged status and demanding handouts all they want.”
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He continued by saying that if people want a career and skills without the college debt attached to attending university, then people should join a union and enter an apprenticeship. But, if someone chooses to attend college, “They can pay back their loans just like working class people pay back home mortgages, car loan and many other expenses.”
Golden represents the second most Republican-friendly district held by a Democrat and is continually a target of the National Republican Congressional Committee. According to the Cook Political Report, his seat is considered to “lean Democrat.”
