When Texas Sen. Ted Cruz kicked off his campaign for President on Monday morning, he wanted the audience of college students gathered for his announcement at Liberty University to know he is just like them.

While recounting his biography (inexplicably in the third person), Cruz told the crowd: “He took over $100,000 in school loans, loans I suspect a lot of y’all can relate to, loans that I’ll point out I just paid off a few years ago.”