Senator Ted Cruz has a message for the working class.

“If you’re that lazy barista who wasted seven years in college studying utterly useless things, now on credit and can’t get a job, Joe Biden just gave you 20 grand,” the Texas Republican said in the latest episode his podcast.

Cruz refers to President Joe Biden‘s last move cancel a portion of student loan debt per borrower. The move could help Democrats in the 2022 midterm elections.

In the episode titled “Reverse Robin Hood,” Cruz also insinuates that the majority of the working class are cannabis users.

“Maybe you didn’t want to vote in November,” he added. “And all of a sudden you’ve got 20 grand right now, and if you get off the bong for a minute and go down to the polling station, or just mail in your mail-in ballot, which the Democrats helpfully sent you, it could skyrocket turnout, especially among young people.” People.”

The 2020 presidential election had the highest turnout of the 21st century, with 66.8% of citizens aged 18 and over voting. according to the US Census Bureau. That’s if unprecedented legalization of cannabis took place and Biden, a Democrat, won the presidential election.

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Cruz’s words were met with a lot of criticism from the start Senator Bernie Sanders following tweet:

Here’s what a leading Republican thinks about young “lazy” Americans who took out loans to go to college. https://t.co/37q9BX71KR

— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) August 26, 2022

Others also joined to beat Cruz, reported shared dreams. For example, an elementary school teacher Chris Williams tweeted, “Apparently I myself, a public school teacher who joined the Peace Corps out of college and currently has over 20,000 student loans after graduating in 2009, am a slacker according to Ted Cruz. Good to know.”

A status coup podcaster followed Jordan Chariton‘s tweet: I’ve interviewed many “lazy baristas” who…