Dems will crush the midterms if President Biden decriminalizes cannabis and nixes student debt, Pam Keith says: 'Both are also EXCELLENT economic stimulus measures'



Pam Keith, a former Democratic congressional candidate who lost to incumbent GOP Rep. Brian Mast of Florida in 2020, said that Democrats could win big during the upcoming midterms if President Joe Biden canceled student debt and decriminalized cannabis.

"If Joe Biden cancels student debt and decriminalized cannabis, Dems will run the table in Nov," she declared. "Both are also EXCELLENT economic stimulus measures," she added in another tweet.

Both are also EXCELLENT economic stimulus measures.https://twitter.com/pamkeithfl/status/1519656121933479939\u00a0\u2026
— Pam Keith, Esq. (@Pam Keith, Esq.) 1651152718

"To those who claim I am pushing 'free money and weed' as the Dem platform, my answer is: yup," she noted.

"Cancelling student debt isn’t about those with college degrees. It’s about those with college DEBT, which includes MILLIONS who don’t actually have degrees. This isn’t a class issue. It’s an ECONOMIC JUSTICE and stimulus issue!!" she declared.

Americans have been facing soaring inflation, a problem which could cause significant headwinds for Democrats heading into the midterms later this year. Biden has been underwater on his job approval rating in various polls for some time — unless public sentiment shifts, his lackluster job approval could also serve as a drag on Democrats during the 2022 election cycle.

The president said on Thursday that he is "considering dealing with some debt reduction," though he added that he is "not considering $50,000 debt reduction." Various Democratic lawmakers have been pushing for the cancellation of up to $50,000 of federal student loan debt per person.

But many people oppose the idea of the government wiping out student loan debts.

"I just worked my butt off to pay off my very expensive student loans a few months ago. If Biden forgives student loans, I’m going to be livid," Kassy Dillon tweeted on Wednesday.

Dillon faced criticism for the remarks, including from celebrity Valerie Bertinelli who accused Dillon of being "selfish."

"Tell me you’re selfish without telling me you’re selfish," Bertinelli tweeted in response to Dillon's post.

"This isn’t about selfishness it’s about responsibility. Forgiving student loans won’t fix the problem of schools hiking tuition costs," Dillon replied.

"Exactly Kassy focus on the actual problem," Bertinelli tweeted.

This isn\u2019t about selfishness it\u2019s about responsibility. Forgiving student loans won\u2019t fix the problem of schools hiking tuition costs.https://twitter.com/Wolfiesmom/status/1519414125205409793\u00a0\u2026
— Kassy Dillon (@Kassy Dillon) 1651091693

Jim Acosta — like many in the media — apparently forgot President Trump already has condemned white supremacy



There's certainly plenty of derision to go around among media members, but CNN's Jim Acosta will do just fine as an example of a frighteningly short memory among journalism's elite when it comes to President Donald Trump and the condemnation of white supremacy.

The big story after Tuesday night's debate with Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden was that Trump seemingly failed to take up moderator Chris Wallace's offer to condemn white supremacy as he stood at the podium — which itself was a questionable accusation.

What's clearer, at least to those of us paying attention throughout his presidency, is that Trump has repeatedly done so — and the fact that Wallace asked him again, as it were for the first time, came off as rather dishonest.

At any rate, Trump made it easy on himself and on Thursday said he condemned white supremacy, the Ku Klux Klan, the Proud Boys — and there was much rejoicing.

And Acosta made sure everyone knew that Trump did so "finally":

Problem is, as we noted, Trump had already done so numerous times — and Acosta himself tweeted about that, too, back in 2017:

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Journalist Kassy Dillon noticed this and filled us in:

Guys, leave him alone. He simply forgot to include this in his diary. https://t.co/VuZ3nTPfkG
— Kassy Dillon (@Kassy Dillon)1601654521.0

"Guys, leave him alone," Dillon tweeted Friday. "He simply forgot to include this in his diary."

Anything else?

The frequency of his white supremacy condemnations wasn't lost on Trump, either, who emphasized to Fox News' Sean Hannity that "I've said it many times, and let me be clear again. I condemn the KKK. I condemn all white supremacists. I condemn the Proud Boys."

But the president also ripped Biden for not condemning Antifa.

"Antifa's a horrible group of people," Trump said. "They kill people. ... They're causing insurrection, they're causing riots. [Biden] doesn't wanna do that. But the press doesn't go after him, and that's a really bad group of people. But I condemn them — and if I say it 100 times, it won't be enough because of fake news."