Sen. Chuck Schumer called on President-Elect Joe Biden to cancel student debt in January 2021, prompting claims that the plan represented “a massive tax increase” for Americans.
A flap between the White House press secretary and Kimberly Halkett was inflamed online.
Memes attributed quotes to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York), such as the “only reason Trump is keeping his campaign promises is to influence the outcome of the next election.”
A post to Imgur in February 2020 called “Tax brackets explained. Help educate others!” went viral on that site and elsewhere on social media.
Popular youthful surrogates in the 2020 Democratic primary led to questions about age requirements for running mates.
Costs for “Medicare for All” vary, but almost all estimates were lower than 2018 spending for health care in the United States at $3.6 trillion.
A post to a Facebook group called “Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Dank Meme Stash” contained a purported Bible verse about the immorality of hoarding wealth and exploiting workers.
The platform uses an opaque process to determine which sites have less reach there — and they’re not revealing anything about it.
The policy is expected to go into effect in November 2019.
“I cannot fathom what Facebook is thinking,” one expert said of the move.
