Biden says 'MAGA Republicans' and the Supreme Court couldn't 'stop me' cancelling $138 billion in student debt and insists he isn't worried forgiveness program will get blocked by the courts during California campaign swing

President Joe Biden Wednesday said he would never stop fighting for hardworking Americans as he put the spotlight on his debt cancellation efforts and ramps up his reelection campaign.

He slammed MAGA Republicans and said even the Supreme Court could not stop him for helping hundreds of thousands of people saddled with years of debt. 

And he said he was not worried about further court challenges to his massive forgiveness program. 

It came hours after officials said they were automatically canceling federal student loans for nearly 153,000 borrowers as part of a faster repayment plan. It adds up to another $1.2 billion of $138 billion canceled so far.

'Folks, I'm happy to have been able to forgive these loans because when we relieve Americans of their student debt, they're free to chase their dreams,' he told a small audience in front of the bookshelves at the Julian Dixon Library in Culver City.

President Joe Biden Wednesday said he would never stop fighting for hardworking Americans as he put the spotlight on his debt cancellation efforts as he ramps up his reelection campaign

Protesters gathered outside the Supreme Court as the court blocked President Biden's previous student loan relief plan last June

The administration sent out emails to some of the borrowers who will benefit from what the White House has nicknamed its SAVE program. 

To qualify, they must have been making repayments for at least ten years after taking out loans of less than $12,000 for college.

The cancellations were originally due to start in July, but the administration says it has been able to begin six months early.

More than 7.5 million people have enrolled in the plan. 

It represents a workaround after the Supreme Court last year struck down a mass debt cancellation plan. 

Biden expressed his frustration with opponents who tried to derail his efforts.

'My Republican friends in Congress, elected officials and special interest stepped in and sued us and the Supreme Court blocked it, blocked it,' he said. 

'But that didn't stop me.'

Biden said they were wrong to think it was just about the 800,000 people who had already had loans forgiven. 

Biden made an unannounced stop at CJ's Cafe In Baldwin Hills on Wednesday before continuing to Culver City for his speech at the library

Biden, with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, posed for selfies with customers and staff

'This is kind of relief can be life changing for individuals and for their families. and it's good for the economy as a whole,' he said.

'By freeing millions of Americans from the crushing debt of student loan programmes, it means they can finally get on with their lives.

'Instead of getting their lives being put on hold, they can think about buying a house or starting a family.'

After he finished his speech he was asked whether he was worried courts would try to block his SAVE program.

'I don’t have a worry at all,' he said. 

Biden made the announcement during a three-day campaign fundraising trip through California.

Before his speech he stopped by C.J.'s Cafe, a Mexican restaurant, where he shook hands and posed for selfies with supporters.

He ignored a shouted question about whether he needed a strong State of the Union speech to win re-election.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass answered for him. 'He's going to win reelection,' anyway,' she said, to cheers of support. 

His first event on Tuesday night was hit by COVID-19. Two hosts were forced to stay away after falling ill or testing positive just before the president arrived in Los Angeles. 

But he used the occasion to highlight his efforts to help middle-class Americans and to warn that Donald Trump would introduce a nationwide abortion ban if he won November's election.

Instead, he promised to 'finish the job' if supporters helped power him to victory. 

The trip is his third visit to California in a little more than two months for political events. 

Hours before he boarded Air Force One, his campaign and the Democratic Nation announced that they had collected $42 million in contributions during January from 422,000 donors.

And they said they had $130 million cash on hand—the highest total ever amassed at this stage in the cycle. 

The Biden campaign played up the importance of small donations, saying that 97 percent of its three million contributions were foe less than $200 a time. 

Senior communications adviser TJ Ducklo said: 'This haul will go directly to reaching the voters who will decide this election.'