A CNN political analyst said Friday that the Supreme Court’s recent rulings are likely to fuel blowback for Republicans.
Democratic strategist Maria Cardona said the student loan forgiveness decision in particular is likely to motivate young Democratic voters in the 2024 election cycle.
“… what I have heard from so many people across the board, young voters, Latino voters, Black voters, they're saying that this is completely unfair, that this is something that is going to mobilize them in the upcoming election,” Cardona said during an appearance on CNN Primetime with host Kaitlan Collins.
Cardona said the student debt forgiveness the Biden administration pushed for would have provided relief to 43 million people including 50 percent of Latino students and 40 percent of Black students.
“And for Black and Latino families, that would have been a game changer, not just for their families, but for their generation,” Cardona said.
“That's the kind of thing that you look at this country and you say, this is the difference between me and my family and my kids being able to live the American dream, or having to essentially live paycheck by paycheck for generations."
“And so it's going to be a huge contrast going into the 2024 elections. I can already see the ads being written and I think it's something that Democrats are definitely going to be underscoring.”
Cardona’s views echoed the comments of Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.), who during an appearance on CNN earlier in the day said he believes the Supreme Court’s latest rulings will “haunt” the GOP.
“The excesses of the Supreme Court is going to backfire. The Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe versus Wade reduced what was supposed to be a red wave in the 2022 election cycle to nothing more than then a red trickle,” Torres said.
“So not only is the Supreme Court's decision, bad law, it's also bad politics and it's going to come back to haunt the Republican Party.”
Republican strategist Rina Shah acknowledged last year’s decision overturning Roe v Wade bolstered Democrats in the midterms, but said she didn’t think the student loan debt ruling would have the same effect.
“So you've got blue collar folks saying this is my money paying for white collar folks who are already earning money,” Shah said.
“Let them pay their loans back.”
