In yet another bold attempt to fabricate a scandal where none exists, billionaire Elon Musk took to social media to claim that Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN) personally received over $100,000 each in student loan forgiveness. The claim, which spread like wildfire among the usual corners of the internet, was quickly debunked—but not before Musk’s loyal fanbase had already flooded comment sections with robotic outrage about “hardworking Americans” and misguided takes on personal responsibility.
The Manufactured Controversy
According to Musk’s now-deleted tweet, Ocasio-Cortez and Omar supposedly had their own student debt erased under President Biden’s relief program, despite their congressional salaries. Within minutes, right-wing media ran with the story, with absolutely zero verification, because why let facts get in the way of a good conspiracy theory?
The accusations, of course, were built on flimsy evidence—mainly, a poorly edited spreadsheet floating around Twitter that listed “A. Ocasio-Cortez” and “I. Omar” as loan recipients. A closer look at the document showed that the amounts were copied and pasted from another list and that the actual recipients were two unrelated individuals named Art Tubolls and Joe Barron, who had applied for relief legally under Biden’s student debt forgiveness program.
This tiny detail, of course, did not stop Musk’s supporters from foaming at the mouth over the idea of two progressive congresswomen daring to benefit from the same policies they support for millions of working-class Americans.
How the Right Suddenly Hates Loan Forgiveness
Ocasio-Cortez and Omar, both of whom have advocated tirelessly for student debt relief, quickly responded to the allegations, calling them out for what they were—yet another bad-faith attempt to discredit policies that overwhelmingly help working people.
“This is the playbook,” Ocasio-Cortez said in a statement. “They try to manufacture outrage over something they don’t even understand. Republicans had no problem bailing out corporations or erasing PPP loans for the wealthy, but when working families need relief, suddenly it’s ‘irresponsible.'”
Omar added: “We are fighting to cancel student debt because we know how much it burdens everyday Americans. The real question is: why are billionaires like Elon Musk so desperate to stop us?”
Oops—It Was All Musk’s Mistake
As it turns out, the entire fiasco was based on an accounting error—one made by none other than Musk himself. After confidently posting the accusations, Musk was forced to backtrack when it was revealed that his “source” was a spreadsheet he misread while rage-tweeting from his private jet.
Rather than admit fault, Musk simply deleted the tweet without explanation, leaving his followers to continue blindly insisting it was real despite overwhelming proof to the contrary.
At press time, DOGE was reportedly investigating whether Musk had personally received millions in government subsidies—an accusation that, unlike his student loan conspiracy, actually holds up.
God Bless America.
