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Local press is slamming Yesli Vega for hypocrisy after news broke that she filed for bankruptcy with $96,000 in debt – despite opposing debt relief measures for other Virginians.
NBC 4 reported that although Yesli Vega (VA-07) has been “campaigning on fiscal responsibility,” she filed for personal bankruptcy to clear nearly $100,000 in personal debt.
Nearly half of that total – almost $46,000 – was for unpaid student loans. But despite Vega seeking to clear her own unpaid student loans by filing for bankruptcy, she “has been sharply critical of the president’s student loan relief program.”
Aid for me, but not for thee: Vega filing for bankruptcy to clear nearly $100,000 of her own debt, but strongly opposing debt relief measures for everyone else, highlights the hypocrisy of her agenda.
Read more from NBC 4:
NBC 4: Congressional Candidate Critical of Loan Forgiveness Sought to Have Student Debt Cleared Via Bankruptcy
By Julie Carey
October 18, 2022
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“Republican candidate for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District Yesli Vega, who has campaigned on a theme of fiscal responsibility, filed for personal bankruptcy more than a decade ago, the Prince William Times first reported, and one of her biggest debts was student loans.”
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“Court records obtained by News4 show Vega and her husband, Rene, filed for bankruptcy in Maryland in 2009. The Vegas had liabilities of more than $96,000. About $2,500 was owed in Maryland and Virginia taxes, but nearly half of that total – almost $46,000 – was for unpaid student loans.”
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“Vega has been sharply critical of the president’s student loan relief program. She also recently ran an ad with her father saying she’d cut federal spending.”
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“Spanberger said the bankruptcy disclosure reveals inconsistencies in Vega’s positions.”
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“‘The reality of what we continue to see with my opponent are examples of her hypocrisy and examples of where the ideas and the things that she advocates for are very different from her own lived experiences,’ Spanberger said.”
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