Gov. Burgum agrees with Trump that Biden is 'buying votes' with debt forgiveness program

It's no secret that President Joe Biden is struggling to maintain support from young voters.

And that's why many understandably believe that the 81-year-old president is "buying" votes from young voters with his student loan debt forgiveness program.

According to Politico, it's not only former President Donald Trump who believes Biden is buying much-needed support through his debt forgiveness program.

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum held nothing back during a recent CNN interview in agreeing with Trump that the student debt forgiveness program is nothing more than a convenient vote-buying scheme.

"I think it’s clear that there’s vote-buying going on at a scale like we have never seen before," the Republican governor said.

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum accused Joe Biden of “vote-buying going on at a scale like we have never seen before” because the president has forgiven student loan debt for nearly four million Americans.

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Burgum's comments came after he was asked about comments made by the former president over the weekend when he said his opponents use "welfare" to essentially buy votes.

"You start trying to give away hundreds of billions of dollars of taxpayer money, and it’s not even — it’s like we’re borrowing to give it away. It’s not tax and spend. It’s borrow, borrow from the Chinese, and give it away," the GOP governor said.

He added, "Citizens understand those are like preelection payoffs. Those are like, hey, folks, please vote for us because we’re relieving your debt. So at what point does it cross over, programs like student debt, to just vote-buying?"

Politico noted:

A two-term governor, Burgum was part of the 2024 Republican presidential field until dropping out in December.

Burgum is said to be a potential VP pick for Trump's 2024 campaign, so it's no surprise that the governor also defended Trump on other issues during the interview.

Like many others, he believes that Trump's legal issues are politically driven.

"If it was anybody else, this trial wouldn’t even be happening," Burgum said, referencing the ongoing "hush money" trial unfolding in New York.

The Biden administration has continued to press on with the loan forgiveness program even as the U.S. Supreme Court shot it down earlier this year.