fraud. you know, a lot of people are saying to me that they don t like the idea, i m prepared to forgive up to $20,000 if you got a pell grant, or $10,000 for anybody who has a student loan during the recession. guess what? we pay the so-called ppe program, we paid i think it s $900 billion. don t hold me to that number, for anybody who had a tough time with their business during the pandemic. so they could pay employees and do but guess what? you may remember, i was running for office at the time. you may remember that i had a big fight with the former president, and maybe future president, bless me, father. any way, here s the deal. what happened was, the folks are really going after me by the way, 90% of all the debt forgiveness for student loans will go to under my plan 90% will go to families making under $75,000 a year, okay? 90%. here s the deal. the ppp program forgave a lot more. i m not suggesting it should. but the big fight going on was, what happened was,
maria cardova. matt says candidates are out talking about this. bloomberg published a map showing where the money for the ads, where they are focused. health care, immigration, the economy. there is only a small section on the west coast there in california where guns are an issue to where candidates are investing in those. so compared to what we saw in february and march where there were democratic leaders specifically standing in solidarity with the students, are we seeing that match now by their action and what they are spending, what their priorities are? well, i think what you re seeing matt is absolutely right, this issue has not gone away. we might not be talking about it on a daily basis simply because we are reacting to the noise and the lies that come out of president trump s mouth every day, but the reality is the nra has pulled a ton of their funding from the midterm elections. this will be the first time in a long time where opposite groups like every town usa and the
background checks for gun purchases. last night on fox news, the president renewed his push possess stricter background checks that would include some kind of screening for mental illness. we would have a section on a very powerful section on mental illness and somebody who is mentally ill, should not have a weapon, should not have a gun. and that would be covered in the background checks. and i think the nra is going to be for it. i think that a lot of people i mean, this certainly should be bipartisan. let s talk about it now with cnn political commentator and democratic strategist maria cardova and former representative from georgia, jack kingston. good morning to both of you. maria, the potential for this being bipartisan, can democrats work with the president on this element, background checks involving mental illness or is it too little and to midterm year in the season just makes this unrealistic? no. i m sure democrats would
the business groups, evangelical groups, catholics, high tech. and the voices within the republican party who are national party folks and who realize that in order to be a national party, we need to get this done. maria cardona, you certainly can understand republicans skepticism. while it s true that the demographics are shifting that mitt romney won the same percentage of the white vote as did george h.w. bush, it didn t help him because of the changing demographics in this country. why would republicans not only move to do something against republican principles in terms of individuals coming into this country illegally, but these are millions of likely democratic voters. why would we sanction that? can you understand that at all? of course i can, jake. the test will be here for
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