As millions of Texans lost power and water from devastating winter storms, Ted Cruz booked a flight to Cancun in a political misstep that likely won’t harm his long-term career.
In this image from video, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, walks to check in for his flight back to the U.S., at Cancun International Airport in Cancun, Mexico, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Dan Christian Rojas)
(CN) When asked about which Republican candidate he liked during the 2016 presidential campaign season, the venerated former Kansas Senator Bob Dole said he liked “nearly all of them.”
“Except Cruz,” he added.
Ted Cruz, the junior senator from Texas, drew damning ire this week after leaving the state to travel to Cancun with his family as millions of his constituents were left behind to deal with deadly winter storms.
But faith that student debt forgiveness will happen appears to be low.
A recent survey of 3,649 current college students by study guide platform OneClass found that just 13% of students expect to see a student debt forgiveness policy implemented by the new administration. Student loan forgiveness was one of the most important issues for voters in the past presidential election. In previous years there have been many promises made by politicians from both parties about how to handle this issue. With colleges costs continuing to climb, even throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, it is not surprising that 87% of our community respondents think loan forgiveness won t happen or was simply a tool to use for votes, says Richard DeCapua, vice president of academic affairs for OneClass.